| There's a huge variety of pre-made pizza sauces | | | | well, and let sit for at least 20 minutes for flavors to |
| available. But if you make your own, you can make it | | | | combine. |
| as you like it. The basic ingredient in pizza sauce is | | | | This recipe makes a thick, really tomatoey sauce. |
| plain old tomato sauce. Making your own pizza sauce | | | | There are many variations you can try, using garlic |
| is really quite easy. I use tomato paste, as it is thick | | | | powder and onion powder instead of fresh. If you |
| enough that you can add many different things to it. | | | | prefer a thinner sauce, use more liquid in it. |
| Basic Pizza Sauce | | | | A really great variation on this sauce is to use roasted |
| 1 6-ounce can tomato paste | | | | garlic instead of fresh or powder. To roast your own |
| 1 tablespoon dry sherry | | | | garlic, take an entire head of garlic and remove any |
| 1 tablespoon olive oil | | | | loose outer skin. Cut just enough off the top of the |
| 1 clove garlic,minced 1/2 small onion,minced 1/4 | | | | head so that each individual clove is exposed. Place |
| teaspoon dried oregano | | | | head in tinfoil, pour two teaspoons of olive oil over top |
| 1/4 teaspoon dried basil | | | | of garlic. Seal up and place in a 400-degree oven for |
| 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper | | | | 30-40 minutes. Roasted garlic is much milder than raw |
| 1/4 teaspoon salt | | | | and after roasting the cloves become very soft, |
| 1/4 teaspoon marjoram | | | | almost like a paste. To use for pizza sauce, use one |
| 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper | | | | or two cloves mixed into the rest of the sauce instead |
| Empty tomato sauce into a glass bowl. Fill tomato | | | | of fresh garlic or garlic powder. Roasted garlic can |
| paste can half full of water and stir. Pour 1/2 can of | | | | also be mixed with olive oil, oregano and a little salt for |
| water into paste. Add the rest of the ingredients. Blend | | | | a tasty dip for crusty Italian bread. |