Homemade Pizza Sauce

Pizza is one of my absolute favorite food groups, and yet I don’t usually make Homemade Pizza Sauce…until now!  I finally have a sauce that is perfect, and actually better than the Dei Fratelli sauce that I normally buy.  I can add as much garlic as I want, or switch out fresh and dried herbs.  The possibilities are endless…..

I also have another reason for making Homemade Pizza Sauce last week…the very nice people at Alpha Grillers sent me this awesome Garlic Press and Garlic Peeler to try out…..

Since no one liked my Garlic Soup last year, I decided to go with a safer recipe. 😉

I didn’t even put it in the blender, I left it chunky and used it to make my Pepperoni Pizza Muffins. The original photos were awful, so this was a good excuse to remake them. 😉

Ah yes, the life of a blogger.  Being forced to repeatedly eat yummy foods in order to get better pictures, LOL.

This sauce is so easy to make, that I made it while the Homemade Pizza Dough was rising in the bread machine. 🙂

Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven or large pot.  Add the onion and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes, until soft and translucent…..

Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute…..

Very carefully pour in the crushed tomatoes or they will splatter all over!  Then add the basil, oregano, sugar, salt and pepper…..

Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and barely simmer for 30 minutes until thick…..

You don’t want to boil all of the liquid out of the sauce or risk burning the bottom. 😉  Test the sauce and adjust the seasonings as necessary…..

Use immediately, or store in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days…..

Or cool completely and store in the freezer for up to a month. {not in a glass jar}

Have you ever used a silicone garlic peeler before?  Yes, it’s food-grade silicone. 😉 I hadn’t so I was quite intrigued.  You just put the garlic clove into the sleeve, roll it back and forth on a hard surface, and the peel comes off like magic…..

Next, place the garlic clove into the garlic press and squeeze…..

Press towards the bowl, not towards your camera/face or you will end up wearing it!!  This was just to show you how it worked.  There is even a You Tube Video if you would like to check it out. Scrape the garlic off with a knife and press as many more as you need.

Why am I showing you this, because I am really impressed. It was so easy to squeeze!!  I have two other garlic presses and neither one works as well as this one! 😉  It also presses peeled ginger, so I am excited to try that next!!

I have more thing to show you before you go.  I am constantly coming across people complaining that garlic presses are too hard to clean…seriously?

Run the garlic press under hot water.  To remove the bits that are stuck in the holes, you just have to tap a dish brush up and down through the holes on the outside of the press to push the garlic out…..

Then I rub the whole thing down with a soapy sponge.  It takes, like 30 seconds to clean! 😉 You can also clean in the dishwasher since it is made out of stainless steel, but I never put anything important in a dishwasher!

Would you like a Garlic Peeler and Press of your own?  Would you like a 10% discount?  Just enter the code: IZG32E3N by November 1st, 2014 to receive the discount!!

Thanks again to Alpha Grillers for letting me try out your awesome Garlic Press and Peeler!

Enjoy!!

Homemade Pizza Sauce

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Serves	3 1/2 cups
Prep time	10 minutes
Cook time	45 minutes
Total time	55 minutes
Meal type	Condiment, Main Course

Take your homemade pizzas to a whole new level with Homemade Pizza Sauce.

Ingredients

• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup chopped, yellow onion
• 4 Cloves fresh garlic (pressed or finely minced)
• 28 Ounce can crushed tomatoes (I used Dei Fratelli)
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 2 Tablespoons finely chopped, fresh basil leaves (or substitute 1 teaspoon dried basil)
• 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
• sea salt & pepper to taste

Directions

Heat oil in a Dutch oven or large pot. Add the onion and cook over medium heat until soft and translucent, about 10 minutes.

Add the garlic, stir, and cook for an additional minute.

Add the tomatoes, oregano, basil, sugar, salt and pepper. Stir and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer sauce, stirring occasionally for 30 minutes.

For a smoother sauce, place in a food processor or blender and process until you reach your desired consistency.

Use immediately or store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or freeze for up to a month.

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