10 Minute Homemade Pizza Sauce

This 10 Minute Homemade Pizza Sauce is full of delicious tomato flavor.

Made with San Marzano tomatoes, this Neapolitan style sauce is naturally sweet and slightly chunky making for a delicious sauce to use on your next pizza.

What makes homemade Neapolitan pizza sauce so good?

Neapolitan pizza sauce is a simple and uncomplicated sauce that is really all about the tomatoes and not as much about the spices and other add-ins that go into other kinds of sauces.

I like how easy this pizza sauce is to make when compared to other pizza sauce recipes.

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San Marzano tomatoes are an essential ingredient in making a great tasting Neapolitan sauce. You can find San Marzano tomatoes here.

Why you will love this easy pizza sauce recipe

This classic Neapolitan pizza sauce is made with simple ingredients. The simple ingredients can add a fresh, authentic taste to your pizza or pasta.

Here is what else you will like about this recipe.

• It takes just 10 minutes to prepare this recipe.
• The high-quality San Marzano tomatoes give pizza a fresh, sweet, and slightly acidic taste.
• Personalizing this recipe is as easy as adding fresh basil.
• This sauce goes great on top of pizza as well as when used as a pasta sauce.

Ingredients you will need to make homemade Neapolitan style pizza sauce.

• Crushed Tomatoes As mentioned, San Marzano tomatoes are the preferred tomatoes to use in this recipe because of their flavor and texture.
• Olive Oil. Using a good quality olive oil helps. Extra virgin olive oil can be used.
• Garlic. Your garlic should be minces.
• Oregano. Use dried oregano.
• Seasonings Salt, Pepper, and Red Pepper Flakes.

Expert Tip👉 A pinch or two of sugar can help offset the acidity of the tomatoes.

How to make 10 Minute Homemade Neapolitan Style Pizza Sauce

Prep Time: 10 Minutes. .
Servings : 4, about 2 cups .
How to Serve:: Simple spread the sauce over pizza crust or add to your pasta.
Notes: This recipe is made in a small saucepan .

1. Sauté In a small saucepan on medium heat, heat your olive oil for one minute. Then add the garlic and saute for another minute.
2. Combine. Stir in the crushed tomatoes, oregano, salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes.
3. Simmer. Bring the ingredients to a simmer and cook for seven minutes, stirring occasionally.

Tips for making the best

Crushed tomatoes were used in making my sauce. If your tomatoes are whole you can remove the excess liquid from the can and then run the tomatoes in a food processor, pulsing to break them down.

More helpful tips for you.

1. Resist the urge to add additional ingredients that you may use in regular pizza sauce. True Neapolitan sauce thrives on simplicity and the flavor of the tomatoes.
2. Neapolitan style sauce is not usually cooked or if cooked it is not for a long time. The sauce in this recipe is cooked for a very short time to basically meld the flavors together. Avoid overcooking the sauce.
3. To thicken your sauce you can add a small amount of tomato paste.

How to store Neapolitan style pizza sauce.

Once your sauce has fully cooled it can be stored in an airtight container such as a glass jar. When properly stored, pizza sauce should keep for up to four days when refrigerated or frozen for up to a few months.

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