How to Store Pizza Sauce?

The best way to store pizza sauce is in a sealed glass jar. You can refrigerate pizza sauce for up to 5 days or freeze it for up to a year. I prefer to use wide-mouth glass canning jars, but you can use any repurposed glass jar with a lid. Remove the pizza sauce from the refrigerator and allow it to temper for 30 minutes before using.

Can you Freeze Homemade Pizza Sauce?

You can freeze pizza sauce and my favorite way is to freeze it in tempered glass jars like Ball, Mason, Kerr, Weck, and Bormiolo Rocco. Just be sure to leave at least 1 to 2 inches of headspace (unfilled area at the top) so that as the sauce freezes and expands, it doesn't break the jar. You can also portion and freeze pizza sauce in an airtight container including freezer bags with the air pressed out. To thaw, place the sauce into the refrigerator overnight or place it on a kitchen towel on top of the counter for a few hours until no longer frozen. The towel will soak up any condensation.

How Many Pizzas Can I Make With This Sauce?

You can make 8 Thin-crust pizzas which use 1/4 cup of pizza sauce per pizza, or 6 thick-crust pizzas which use about 1/3 cup of pizza sauce per pizza.

Should Homemade Pizza Sauce Be Cooked?

Depending on what pizza you're making, you'll need to decide which is the best pizza sauce recipe to use. For Neapolitan and traditional Italian pizzas, I don't cook the pizza sauce. For making regular pizza I typically cook the sauce first to reduce it to a thick consistency. However, if you're making pizza sauce using tomato paste and tomato sauce, you don't have to cook it because it will already be thick enough.

Can I Use Pasta Sauce Like Spaghetti Sauce To Make Pizza Sauce?

You can absolutely make great-tasting pizza sauce using leftover pasta sauce -- I've done it using this easy pasta sauce recipe (see photos below) . All you have to do to turn pasta sauce into pizza sauce is to add an Italian spice blend or oregano to taste and cook the sauce for several minutes to reduce the water content. You may also add a little sugar and a dash of garlic powder for even more flavor if desired.

Can I Use Ketchup To Make Pizza Sauce?

If you use ketchup to make pizza sauce, it won't taste like pizza sauce and your pizza won't taste like pizza. When I first moved to Chengdu (China), you would often see "pizza" with ketchup used as both a sauce and for making pasta. It was as terrible tasting as it sounds. Use any type of canned tomatoes, but not ketchup.

Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe (With Video)

Description

If you're starting to learn how to make pizza, it's worth it to also learn how to make an tasty easy pizza sauce to go with it. This pizza sauce recipe uses just 4 ingredients (plus salt) and is so simple to make you won't ever need to buy store-bought pizza sauce again. In fact, this is the best pizza sauce recipe ever for any kind of homemade pizza (except, of course, Neapolitan pizza and classic Italian pizza recipes). Check out the pizza sauce video below to see just how easy this recipe is.

Ingredients

24 ounces tomato passata (700g) (sub whole peeled tomatoes, crushed or chopped canned tomatoes, or blanched peeled whole fresh tomatoes)
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil (15g)
2 garlic cloves, smashed (sub 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder)
1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano, or more to taste (sub Italian seasoning blend or a mix of dried basil, oregano, marjoram, rosemary, and thyme)
1 teaspoon fresh oregano (sub dried oregano, fresh basil leaves, or fresh marjoram to taste)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt, or more to taste

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Instructions

Bloom the herbs and garlic. In a medium-sized pot, add the extra virgin olive oil and herbs and sauté over medium-high heat for 2 to 3 minutes until fragrant, and the garlic is blistered. *Be sure not to have the heat turned up too high, or it can burn the herbs and make them bitter.
Add the tomato passata & reduce the sauce. Add the tomato passata to the herbs and olive oil, add salt, and adjust the seasonings. Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat, reduce to a simmer, and cook uncovered, stirring periodically to avoid scorching for 20-22 minutes, or until the sauce is reduced and thick. Remove it from the heat and allow it to cool to room temperature before using it to sauce your favorite pizza recipe. Enjoy!

Notes

Add a pinch or two of sugar if your tomatoes are really tart and acidic (up to 3/4 tsp works well if you like a sweet pizza sauce).
Store pizza sauce in the refrigerator in a sealed glass jar after it's cooled to room temperature and the garlic cloves have been removed. Refrigerate for up to 5 days or freeze it for up to 1 year.
Freeze pizza sauce in glass jars with 1 to 2 inches o headspace at the top to allow for it to expand as it freezes without breaking the jar. Alternatively, store the sauce in an air-tight container with a sheet of parchment paper placed directly on top (to keep ice crystals from forming), or in a freezer bag with all the air removed. To thaw, place the sauce into the refrigerator overnight or place it on a kitchen towel on top of the counter for a few hours until no longer frozen. The towel will soak up any condensation.
This recipe will sauce 8 Thin-crust pizzas which use 1/4 cup of pizza sauce per pizza, or 6 thick-crust pizzas which use about 1/3 cup of pizza sauce per pizza.
If after 20- 22 minutes your pizza sauce still doesn't look quite thick enough, just let it cook for 3 to 5 minutes more, or until thick and spreadable.

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Category: Condiments + Sauces + Dips
Method: Stovetop
Cuisine: Italian-American

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1/4 cup
Calories: 35
Sugar: 3g
Sodium: 180g
Fat: 1.5g
Saturated Fat: 0.2g
Unsaturated Fat: 1.3g
Trans Fat: 0g
Carbohydrates: 5g
Fiber: 1g
Protein: 1g
Cholesterol: 0g