Classic Tomato Sauce
 
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Try this simple recipe with step-by-step pictures and make flavorful fresh tomato sauce for your homemade pizzas! This versatile sauce tastes great with pastas and as a dipping sauce too!
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Makes: 2 cups or 500 ml of sauce
Ingredients
  • Fresh Juicy Tomatoes, 7-8
  • Garlic Cloves, 4-5
  • Olive Oil, 3 tablespoons
  • Pizza Seasoning, as per taste (My pizza seasoning is a mix of garlic powder, dried rosemary, dried basil, dried thyme and dried oregano; you can season it with your favorite seasoning)
  • Salt, to taste
  • Sugar, 2 teaspoons
Method
  1. Start by boiling your tomatoes. Take a pot, fill it water, and bring it to a boil. Toss your tomatoes in it and boil for about 5-10 minutes or until tomatoes are really tender.
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  3. Once they're boiled, drop the tomatoes in ice cold water and take their skins off. Once the skins are off, blitz them in a food processor until you have a smooth tomato puree. You can go one step further and sieve the tomato puree to get a super smooth consistency but I don't bother. I like it rustic.
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  6. Pour olive oil in a heavy bottomed pan, saute chopped garlic until golden and fragrant and then transfer your tomato puree to it. Bring it to a boil, and then simmer. Let the sauce cook on medium heat for about 20-25 minutes until it has thickened and developed a deeper colour. Keep stirring. Remember, the longer you cook your sauce the better it will taste.
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  8. Season your sauce and let it cool before you top it on pizzas, for pastas you can use it straight away. If the sauce is too thick add a little hot water to thin it down and adjust seasoning.
Notes
Recipe Courtesy: Instapizza.in
Recipe by Sugar & Spice by Radhika at https://sugarnspicebyradhika.in/classic-tomato-sauce/