Pizza sauce

The base sauce for the ubiquitous Italian pizza.

• Prep time: 10 minutes.
• Cook time: 30-120 minutes.

Ingredients

• 400g canned tomatoes, preferably skinned and whole.
• 150g tomato puré.
• 1 medium sized onion.
• Olive oil.
• Garlic.
• Oregano.
• Chili pepper (optional).

Directions

1. Dice onion and fry in olive oil on medium heat.
2. Add chopped garlic and chili pepper (optional) for some minutes.
3. Mix in tomato puré, salt, pepper, and oregano. Cook until puré gets oily.
4. Add canned tomatoes, and crush with spatula.
5. Let it sit on low heat. The longer the better.

Contribution

• brox.

Recipe tags: basic pizza sauce