Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe

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Meet the Cook: For years, I had trouble finding a pizza my family likes. So I started making my own. The evening I served it to company and they asked for my recipe. I thought, "I finally got it right!" When I prepare my sauce, I usually fix enough for three to four pizzas and freeze it. Feel free to spice up my sauce to suit your own family's tastes. My husband and I just built a new house in the country. We have a son, 9. Home-schooling him keeps me busy. -Cheryl Kravik, Spanaway, Washington

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Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe
  • Prep: 10 min. Cook: 70 min.
  • Yield: 18 Servings
10 70 80

Ingredients

  • 2 cans (15 ounces each) tomato sauce
  • 1 can (12 ounces) tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano
  • 1 to 2 teaspoons fennel seed, crushed
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

  • In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine tomato sauce and paste. Add remaining ingredients; mix well. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Cool.
  • Pour into freezer containers, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Freeze for up to 12 months. Yield: about 4 cups.

    Editor's Note: Use the sauce with crust and toppings of your choice to make a pizza; 1-1/3 cups of sauce will cover a crust in a 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. pan.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 26 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 189 mg sodium, 6 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Homemade Pizza Sauce in Country Woman July/August 1996, p33

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Reviewed on Jul. 30, 2011 by marlowesmom

I've made this twice now, though I still haven't gotten to the store for fennel seed, and it is fabulous anyway. I can get 4 pizzas from one recipe, so I freeze it in small containers. If you haven't made your dough with beer, try it, it is great with this sauce! Thanks for sharing this wonderful creation.

Reviewed on Mar. 02, 2011 by chicken11

WOW! This is the best pizza sauce I ever had. I left out the fennel and added some chopped garlic. I froze the leftover in individual containers as my husband wants to use it on his Philly steak sandwiches.

Reviewed on Mar. 01, 2011 by momof2nc

I liked this recipe pretty good. I did not like so much fennel seed so the last time I made it, I only added a little. I will probably omit it next time since the other poster said it was still good without it.

Reviewed on Feb. 19, 2011 by ajank

I have made this recipe multiple times, but I leave out the fennel seed. It always gets compliments.

Reviewed on Jan. 20, 2011 by mello4413

Great recipe. I always double it and put in individual freezer containers (enough to make 2 pizzas) so they are on hand (can thaw in microwave for last minute). we usually have make-your-own pizzas every friday night. :)

Reviewed on Nov. 30, 2010 by ginamarmstrong

The sauce was fair but for garlic lovers NEEDs garlic!!!

Reviewed on Aug. 19, 2010 by cookinNC

This is a great recipe....I made sauce-stuffed crust pizza with this sauce, and it was great! My husband said that it smelled like a pizza place when he walked in the house and smelled the sauce. I will definitely make this again.

Reviewed on May. 22, 2010 by Kichler073

This recipe is a keeper!

Reviewed on Mar. 05, 2010 by lurky27

One of the best recipes I have found from Taste of Home over the years, and I've made a lot of them! One of our favorite dishes to make on a Friday night.

~ Theresa

Reviewed on Jul. 03, 2009 by beksand

very good! my husband wont let me make homemade pizza without it anymore.

 
 

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