How To Make Homemade Pizza Sauce

How To Make Homemade Pizza Sauce
Makes about 4 cups
What You Need

Ingredients

• 1 32-ounce can whole or diced tomatoes
• 6 to 8 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar, plus more to taste
• Salt
• Fresh-cracked pepper
• Olive oil

Equipment

• Blender or food processor
• Muffin tin, if freezing
• Freezer bag or container, if freezing

Instructions

1. Combine the tomatoes, garlic, vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, some black pepper, and a drizzle of olive oil in a blender or food processor. Use both the tomatoes and their juices, or drain the tomatoes for a slightly thicker and more concentrated sauce.
2. Puree the sauce: Blend the ingredients until they're completely pureed. Stop the blender and scrape down the sides as needed.
3. Give the sauce a taste: Taste your sauce, and add more salt, fresh-cracked pepper, or olive oil to taste. Blend a few more seconds to combine.
4. Use the pizza sauce: This sauce is ready to be used as is — no cooking required. Just spoon it onto a round of pizza dough and use the back of the spoon to smooth it out. This amount of sauce makes enough for eight medium pizzas, depending on how much sauce you like on your pizza.
5. Refrigerate unused sauce for up to a week.
6. Freeze any extra pizza sauce for up to 3 months: Spoon any unused sauce into muffin tins. Freeze until solid, then pop the frozen cubes out of the mold and transfer to a freezer container. Thaw overnight before using on pizza, or microwave the cubes in 30-second bursts until they melt into a sauce.