Sauces and dips
Homemade Pizza Sauce
A very easy and quick pizza sauce — cleaner than store-bought since it contains no preservatives. This sauce works as the base for any pizza topping you like.
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Homemade pizza sauce — tastier than store-bought
Ingredients
- 1 dry onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Dried thyme or oregano
- Vegetable oil
- To make pizza dough at home, see: Homemade Pizza Dough
Method
- Finely chop the onion, then sauté it in a little vegetable oil until soft.
- Add the finely minced garlic and sauté until it softens as well.
- Add crushed tomatoes, ketchup, salt, oregano, and pepper, and stir.
- Let the pizza sauce simmer on the stove for a while until it thickens slightly.
- Let it cool slightly, then puree it in a blender — it's ready to use.
- Israa Salem Al-Samak
- To make homemade pizza dough, see this link: Homemade pizza dough
Notes and serving ideas
- Homemade Pizza Dough






