Traditionally, the Mediterranean dish was prepared without sauce in the modern sense - the dough base was brushed with olive oil, a kind of puree of crushed tomatoes was laid out on top, and cheese was always added. Italians are very jealous of their original recipes, but each country has its own national flavor, thanks to which classic recipes take on new forms. Culinary experiments yielded a stunning result: the strict canon - tomato filling - has changed beyond recognition: even in its original version, it varies from simply grated ripe vegetables with spices to carefully prepared pasta, observing the smallest details.

The five most commonly used ingredients in recipes are:

However, the main task of dressing for your favorite baked goods is to make it soft and highlight the taste of the filling. The rules for successful cooking are very simple - it is the use of high-quality products and their proper combination. For flatbread with meat or sausage, it is best to use classic tomato-based sauces; for mushrooms or seafood, it is better to use white sour cream or creamy dressings. Fans of non-trivial solutions will appreciate the soy taste, and those who love garlic should remember that it is customary to lubricate the edges of the finished baked product with a gravy containing a lot of it.

Pizza is prepared in almost every home these days. The dish is quick, simple, satisfying and allows you to use any leftover products that you can no longer use for a separate dish, since there are not enough of them. However, not everyone knows that what makes this dish delicious is not the filling, but the pizza sauce. If it is prepared incorrectly or, God forbid, is replaced with primitive ketchup (or even tomato paste), you will not get a worthwhile dish. Of course, such an important ingredient is sold in supermarkets, but it is difficult to say how much you can trust it. So you should not be lazy and make homemade pizza sauce.

Quick recipe

For him, consider that it will not take any time. The only thing is that the main ingredient is quite expensive, since you need to buy Italian-made tomatoes in their own juice. The preparation itself is extremely simple: the tomatoes are passed through a blender, salt, pepper, oregano are added to taste and olive oil is added. You can use tomato sauce for pizza! Moreover, it can be stored in the refrigerator for quite a long time.

Inexpensive homemade sauce

You'll have to tinker with him. To begin with, half a kilo of tomatoes is doused with boiling water and peeled. Two glasses of dry white wine are evaporated, tomatoes chopped into small cubes are added to the pan. You will have to simmer until the tomatoes turn into a paste-like mass. During this time, excess moisture will disappear, after which sugar, salt and spices of your choice are added. After ten minutes, the saucepan is removed, and after cooling, the mass is rubbed through a sieve.

Subtleties of cooking

To get a moderately thick and high-quality tomato sauce for pizza, you must strictly follow the order: first the wine, and only then the tomatoes. The second rule: do not grind them into porridge, otherwise all the tomato juice will not have time to evaporate, as a result of which the pizza sauce will come out too liquid. It’s better to first stew the tomatoes and drain off the excess juice, and then wipe them together with all the other ingredients.

If it still turns out a little liquid, add half a glass of tomato paste and boil again, stirring constantly. Some people recommend adding starch, but it significantly affects the taste.

If you want to get flavor nuances, add olives or pitted olives to the mixture before mashing. You can also experiment with a selection of herbs. Just don’t go too heavy on the spices (peppers, strong-smelling spices), since the pizza sauce should highlight and not overwhelm the flavor of the rest of its components.

Red (aka tomato) sauce for pizza

It is the most popular when preparing this dish, as it is combined with almost all the ingredients that make up Italian food. To get an almost authentic tomato sauce for pizza, a kilogram of fresh small tomatoes is blanched for a minute in boiling water and peeled. Crushed into cubes, they are stewed until they lose their clear outlines and again rubbed through a fine colander or sieve. The resulting puree is cooked with stirring until it thickens, after which it is removed from the stove. It contains crushed garlic (a full head), salt, herbs and spices (this is a matter of your imagination and taste); The simmering process continues for another three minutes. At the same time, finely chopped six medium onions are simmered in olive oil. The finished frying is added to the puree - and again on the fire for ten minutes. As a result, we have a wonderful tomato sauce for pizza, which, after cooling, you can safely smear on its base, being firmly confident in the final result.

White version

Tomatoes don't go well with fish filling. And Italians tend to add fish or a variety of seafood to their favorite dish. For such cases, white pizza sauce was invented. For it, three tablespoons (with an impressive slide) of flour are mixed with half a glass of rich broth and 70 grams of butter. The container is placed on a small flame and slowly heats up. In this case, the contents must be mixed so that the flour does not clump and the oil is distributed evenly. Gradually pour in the rest of the broth (half a liter in total). It will take about forty minutes to cook the white pizza sauce. Somewhere in the middle of the process, pepper, salt and garlic are added, if you don’t mind this spice. Foam will form - it must be skimmed off. When the sauce thickens, strain it while hot and leave to cool. You can start baking pizza!

Sour cream sauce for pizza

Despite the demand for tomato and red sauces, Italians have come up with other “gravies” for pizza. And very tasty! 3 cloves of garlic should be turned into pulp, 10 g of cheese should be grated as finely as possible. Beat sour cream in the amount of 100 g with two large spoons of mayonnaise, add cheese, garlic, salt, basil and pepper - as much as you like. Stir and spread on the base, on which any ingredients will then be laid out - this pizza sauce will go with any topping.

Creamy alternative

It is especially harmonious for spicy pizzas, fish and vegetables. However, creamy pizza sauce is also quite suitable with meat or sausage. This is due to the neutral taste of the “gravy”. 2 eggs should be divided into whites and yolks. The latter must be beaten in a separate bowl. At the same time, 100 g of good flour is mixed with softened butter (a tablespoon is enough) and at the same time warm cream is poured in a little at a time (a total of a glass). The resulting mixture is placed in a water bath and stirred all the time. After ten minutes, when the creamy pizza sauce begins to thicken, pour in the prepared yolks and add salt and sugar to taste. The vessel is immediately removed from the bath, and its contents are beaten again. From the list of products it is clear that you should not expect any heat or spiciness from this sauce. That is why it is used for bitter pizza toppings.

Unusual green sauce

When you get bored with standard foundation spreads, try alternative ones. For example, there is a pizza sauce whose recipe does not contain traditional Italian ingredients, with the exception of olive oil. For it, half a glass of unsalted and toasted sunflower seeds is placed in a blender with three cloves of garlic, half a teaspoon of dried chili and a bunch of cilantro. There they are brought to a paste state. When the mass becomes homogeneous, add olive oil (a quarter cup) little by little to the blender. Whipping ends when the sauce becomes plastic, green and uniform. The pizza it makes is amazing.

Russian pizza fantasies

People who often cook this Italian dish and realize how important pizza sauce is, not only diversify the recipe, but also come up with new ones. Moreover, they prepare according to their favorite recipes for future use, so as not to be distracted later. You can do this: put 6 kg of tomatoes through a juicer and puree. Boil the squeezed juice for two hours without a lid to remove excess water. During this time, a white onion, chopped fairly large, and half a head of garlic, processed in the same way, are fried. A glass of apple juice is poured into them. Everything is cooked until smooth. Spices consisting of cloves, chaman, allspice and peas are placed in a bundle of sterile gauze and dipped into the future pizza sauce. Separately, the same is done with fresh basil. How much to take is your decision. After 10 minutes, add sea salt, brown sugar, cinnamon, ground black and pink pepper and a little white wine vinegar to the sauce. In total you will have to cook for about half an hour, periodically testing to see what is missing. Then you can roll up this pizza sauce, or you can simply place it in the refrigerator and take it out as needed.

Pizza is the favorite dish of an entire generation. She came to Russia from beautiful Italy and was forever loved by Russians. At first, people preferred to buy ready-made pizza, then they began to cook it at home, adding new ingredients.

Experiments with cooking continue to this day. It seems that there can be no limit to imagination. However, sauce and cheese remain unchanged.

Making the sauce is a special part of making pizza. It is the sauce that gives various notes of taste. The most delicious sauce recipes have appeared.

Pizza sauce – the best and most delicious “Vegetable” recipe

Vegetable sauce has become widespread. People are drawn to a healthy lifestyle and try to prepare their favorite dishes with maximum health benefits. This dressing will especially please vegetarians.

Ingredients:

  • Pickled cucumbers – 3 pcs. (small sizes).
  • Boiled mushrooms (preferably champignons) – 90 gr.
  • Mayonnaise – 120 gr.
  • Ketchup – 40 gr.
  • Asparagus (canned) – 100 gr.
  • Garlic – 1 clove.
  • Black pepper - to taste.
  • Salt – a pinch.

Cooking method:

  1. Cucumbers need to be cut into small strips, asparagus too.
  2. Chop the cooked mushrooms as finely as possible.
  3. Then you need to mix ketchup, mayonnaise and a head of garlic in a separate bowl.
  4. Add a little salt and pepper to the resulting mixture to taste.
  5. The next step is to add the chopped vegetables to the bowl. The sauce is ready!

The recipe is quite simple and at the same time very tasty. The sauce is prepared in 10 minutes, maybe that’s why housewives love it so much.

Pizza sauce like in a pizzeria

People have always been interested in how the sauce is prepared in pizzerias. Chefs prefer to prepare sauces of unusual taste using simple ingredients. In pizzerias, sauces are prepared in excess to save time and effort.

You can also make this sauce at home and put it in the freezer until the next time you make pizza. Chefs usually prepare sauces using tomato paste. There is a classic pizzeria recipe.

Ingredients:

  • Tomato paste – 250 gr.
  • Tomato puree – 600 gr.
  • Olive oil - a tablespoon.
  • Garlic – a clove.
  • Sugar - half a tbsp. spoons.
  • Salt – a pinch.
  • Spices - a tablespoon.

Cooking method:

  1. Take a large saucepan and heat olive oil in it.
  2. Fry finely chopped garlic in a saucepan over low heat for two minutes.
  3. Add tomato paste, puree, salt and sugar and spices to the garlic.
  4. Bring the sauce to a boil and immediately reduce heat to low.
  5. In this state, keep the sauce covered for 10 minutes.

This simple recipe gives the pizza a rich flavor.

Tomato sauce for pizza. Tomato sauce

In Italy, it is customary to prepare sauce from tomatoes - fresh or canned. Russians especially liked the recipe involving canned tomatoes in their own juice. If desired, you can also use fresh tomatoes - there are no strict restrictions.

Ingredients:

  • Canned tomatoes – 0.5 kg.
  • Olive oil – 2 tbsp. spoons.
  • Garlic – 2 cloves.
  • Salt/sugar - to taste.
  • Basil/oregano – 0.5 teaspoon.

Cooking method:

  1. Heat olive oil in a frying pan and add whole garlic.
  2. While the garlic is roasting, peel the tomatoes.
  3. Stir the peeled tomatoes in a blender.
  4. Add the resulting mixture to the garlic, during which time it will have time to fry.
  5. Bring the sauce to a boil and add salt/sugar and spices. The sauce is ready.

Watch the video to learn how to make amazing tomato sauce for pizza.

White, creamy pizza sauce

Creamy sauce is not considered traditional in pizza preparation. It is more suitable for variety when you want something unusual. White sauce is no more difficult to prepare than any other, but the taste is very different.

Ingredients:

  • Cream 20% (warmed) – 250 ml.
  • Flour – 100 gr.
  • Egg yolks (fresh) – 2 pcs.
  • Butter (melted) - a tablespoon.
  • Sugar - a teaspoon.
  • Salt – a pinch.

Cooking method:

  1. First you need to beat the egg yolks with a whisk or fork.
  2. Then mix the cream, flour and butter, the resulting mixture should resemble thin sour cream.
  3. Pour the mixture into an enamel bowl and simmer in a water bath.
  4. To prevent the flour from sticking to the walls, you need to stir the mixture with a fork. The fire should be low.
  5. After 10 minutes, add the beaten yolks to the mixture and stir.
  6. Then remove the bowl from the heat and beat for a few more minutes.

The sauce is ready, but it must be completely cooled before using.

Variations of pizza sauce

In addition to the traditional and most common options for preparing the sauce, there are those that are called “for everyone.” The recipes are unusual, but also very tasty, just like traditional ones. When you want to try a completely new taste, you can turn to these recipes.

Cheese and mustard sauce for pizza

An analogue of white sauce, similar in color, but completely different in taste.

Ingredients:

  • Chicken egg – 4 pcs.
  • Low-fat sour cream – 200 gr.
  • Hard cheese (any type) – 100 gr.
  • Dry mustard powder - teaspoon.
  • Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. l.
  • Lemon juice - a tablespoon.
  • Salt/pepper - to taste.

Cooking method:

  1. Boil the eggs so that the yolk in the egg remains liquid on the inside and hard on the outside.
  2. The whites are not useful for cooking; the yolks need to be ground, gradually adding oil to them.
  3. Add mustard to the resulting yolk mass.
  4. Then also gradually add sour cream.
  5. The sauce must be stirred until the consistency becomes homogeneous.
  6. Then add all remaining ingredients except cheese. It must first be ground on a fine grater.
  7. Gradually adding the cheese last, the sauce should be placed in a water bath for 5 minutes. Do not bring to a boil!

To vary the taste, the type of cheese can be changed. If desired, citric acid can be replaced with tartaric or malic acid.

Red bell pepper pizza sauce

No tomatoes are used in this recipe at all. Pepper brings its own specific pleasant taste, completely replacing tomatoes. Peppers can also be used in some other recipes to replace tomatoes, but you need to pay attention to additional ingredients.

Ingredients:

  • Large red bell pepper – 4 pcs.
  • Chicken broth – 150 ml.
  • Basil - several sprigs.
  • Ground chili pepper - teaspoon.
  • Salt and black pepper - to taste.

Cooking method:

  1. Peppers must be baked in the oven for 15 minutes at 200 degrees. You can bake them in the microwave, but then the time is reduced to 8 - 10 minutes at medium power.
  2. Peppers need to be peeled and seeded. In order not to suffer from removing the peel, hot peppers should be placed in a plastic bag for 20 minutes.
  3. Then beat the baked peppers to a puree consistency, add chicken broth and spices.
  4. The sauce must be poured into a saucepan and simmered over low heat until completely thickened.
  5. After this, cool and use as directed.

Chocolate pizza sauce

Some people cannot live without chocolate. Especially for those with a sweet tooth, they came up with a recipe with the addition of cocoa and chocolate. The taste is very unusual, some even call this pizza “pizza-dessert”.

In order to make sure whether this sauce is worthy of such a title, you must prepare it yourself. The recipe requires special attention and constant stirring, since chocolate is a capricious ingredient.

Ingredients:

  • Pasteurized milk – 250 gr.
  • Butter – 15 gr.
  • Chicken yolk – 2 pcs.
  • Cocoa powder – 5 tsp.
  • Chocolate of any kind – 70 gr.
  • Liqueur – 1 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

  1. The chocolate must be melted in a water bath.
  2. While the chocolate is melting, add cocoa and sugar to the milk and stir.
  3. Add melted chocolate to this mixture and mix everything thoroughly. Sugar grains should not be felt.
  4. Then you need to add egg yolks and liqueur to the sauce, mix thoroughly again.
  5. Place the sauce in a water bath, stirring until smooth.
  6. When the sauce reaches the required state, add oil to it and mix thoroughly again.

This sauce is used hot, as when cold it can be unevenly distributed.

Simple and tasty recipes for making pizza sauce will help please your household and add new flavors to the usual menu. Recipes can be changed by adding any new ingredients, but it is important to remember that there are incompatible products and it is better not to experiment with them.

So, you shouldn’t add vegetables to chocolate sauce, and a chicken egg won’t fit into a vegetarian menu.

There is simply no single general recipe for pizza, they are all so different and completely depend on the taste preferences of the cook, since making pizza sauce, and even more so creating your own recipe, is considered the height of culinary art. That's why there are an endless number of salsa recipes - miracle sauces for Pizza.

Everyone knows that pizza is a traditional Italian dish. But the colors of the sauce are green, white and red, which can be said to symbolize the national Italian flag. But in the matter of making the thick miracle di Pizza sauce, innovation and the spirit of experiment have always been welcomed. The main thing is not to be afraid, and then everything will work out.

And I'll share some secrets to pizza sauce recipes, which taste like in a pizzeria. All of them are incredibly appetizing and very easy to prepare.

How to choose the right ingredients

  • To make a delicious pizza sauce, all ingredients must be fresh and natural.
  • Mayonnaise For white base sauces you can also make your own. And then the baked goods will not just be delicious, but amazing!
  • For original Italian cuisine, there are two irreplaceable components that must be present in any dish - these are oregano and basil.

Tomato sauce recipe for pizza

Garlic crusher, small saucepan, cutting board, half-liter jar, knife, spatula, tablespoon.

Ingredients

Step-by-step preparation of tomato sauce

Before you make classic tomato salsa, you need to... Rinse whole tomatoes with boiling water, peel and cut so that small pieces fill a half-liter jar up to the shoulders.

This sauce is perfect for any baked goods filled with meat., and also if an Italian dish is filled with sausage or poultry.

Prepared using a similar method tomato paste pizza sauce, which in the recipe replaces fresh tomatoes at the rate of 4 tbsp. l. paste for 350 ml of water.

Recipe for garlic sauce with sour cream for pizza

Cooking time- 5 minutes.
Number of servings – 1.
Calorie content– 336 kcal/100 g.
Kitchen equipment and utensils: fine grater or garlic press, small cup, tablespoon.

Ingredients

Step-by-step preparation of sour cream sauce


Video recipe

Watch a short video that shows how easy and quick it can be to prepare garlic salsa di Pizza. They can also be used to flavor pies, fried potatoes, or any other fried, boiled or baked dishes.

I prepare garlic and sour cream sauce exclusively for cheese, with a small addition of mushrooms, super pizza. My family simply adore her.

White Pizza Sauce Recipe

Production time– 15-20 min.
Number of servings – 3.
Calorie content– 339 kcal/100 g.
Kitchen equipment and utensils: cutting board, grater, knife, bowls and cups of different capacities, saucepan, tablespoon, whisk.

Ingredients

Step-by-step preparation of white sauce

The preparation of white miracle sauce consists of in two short stages– preparatory and cooking process.

Preparatory stage


Preparing white sauce with garlic


Important! The sauce can be used warm, but not hot.

Video recipe

The plot that I suggest you watch is based on a recipe for an original white pizza sauce in its variety. It is usually used when baking pizza with mushrooms and seafood. It tastes amazingly well with chicken, duck or turkey meat.

Basic truths

  • Fresh garlic and green basil leaves can easily be substituted dried products.
  • Red salsa di Pizza is usually used in making meat pizza, it is based on fresh tomatoes or tomato paste.
  • The creamy pizza sauce recipe is made with heavy cream and nothing else.
  • White bases are more suitable if the filling of a native Italian dish consists of mushrooms, poultry or seafood.
  • The garlic variation is good for spicy dishes with pickles.

This culinary site presents the classic very simply and clearly, which you can familiarize yourself with immediately. The essence of the baking process is described in great detail with step-by-step photographs and tips along the way.

And I also want to offer you the simplest one. It can be baked in a frying pan or in the oven. The main thing is that there is more cheese. But this is a matter of taste, and everyone cooks the way they like.

Lubricating a pizza base with ketchup is very simple, easy, convenient and cheap, but not tasty. It is the right sauce that makes the taste of Italian open pies simply extraordinary.

Yes, preparing it will require some time and a little effort, but the result is worth it!

Tomato sauce for pizza - general principles of preparation

For a real sauce you need fresh and ripe tomatoes. They are peeled, the seeds are often removed, then the tomatoes are crushed and boiled. An alternative is tomato paste or other similar sauces, which are often used to replace fresh vegetables.

What else do they add:

Onions, garlic, other vegetables;

Oregano, basil or a mixture of Italian herbs;

Capsicum or dried hot peppers;

Olive oil.

The sauce is usually prepared on the stovetop. To do this, you will need a small saucepan in which nothing will burn. An alternative is a frying pan. You need to remember that the tomato grounds settle to the bottom, so stir often. Garlic is almost always added to sauces, but if its quantity is confusing, you can reduce it or boil it so that the aroma is not so pronounced.

Tomato pasta pizza sauce

The easiest tomato sauce recipe for pizza. Use natural, high-quality paste, which should not be over-processed, brown or unnaturally red.

Ingredients

2 tbsp. l. with a heap of pasta;

Three cloves of garlic;

0.5 tsp. Provençal herbs;

1 tbsp. l. olive oils;

A pinch of pepper, salt.

Preparation

1. Place the tomato paste in a small bowl, add Provençal or other dried herbs, and add salt.

2. Add chopped garlic cloves, grind everything together until the salt dissolves.

3. Add olive oil and stir. And you're done!

4. Grease the pizza base with sauce, lay out the filling, and send it to bake.

Tomato sauce for pizza made from fresh tomatoes

Ripe tomato pizza sauce recipe. Since the mass will boil down, it is advisable to use fleshy and sweet fruits. Sour tomatoes will not make the sauce very tasty.

Ingredients

5 tomatoes;

A couple of cloves of garlic;

0.3 tsp. salt;

0.3 tsp. pepper mixtures;

0.5 tsp. basilica;

10 ml olive oil.

Preparation

1. Take any saucepan, pour water into it, put it on the stove, let it boil. Pour cold water into a second pan or bowl.

2. Take one tomato and make a cross-shaped cut with a sharp knife from the side of the spout. It is needed so that the tomato does not burst in boiling water and the juice does not leak out. We cut other tomatoes in the same way.

3. Place one at a time in boiling water for a few seconds, take it out, and immediately throw it into cold water. Blanch all the tomatoes. We remove the skins.

4. Chop the peeled tomatoes very finely; it is better not to use a blender.

5. Pour olive oil into a frying pan or a thick-bottomed pan and place on the stove. As soon as it warms up, add the prepared tomatoes. Cook the tomatoes for about five minutes. Excess moisture should evaporate.

6. Add salt and pepper, remove from heat.

7. Pour in the dried basil. If you use fresh herbs, chop them finely and use twice as much. Stir.

8. Chop the garlic and add it to the warm sauce. Ready! You can grease the pizza base.

Tomato sauce for pizza with pepper

You can simply chop the bell pepper, add it to the total mass and use it to lubricate the base. But it's no good for real tomato pizza sauce. There is a much more interesting recipe!

Ingredients

3 tomatoes;

2 bell peppers;

A clove of garlic;

1 pinch of sharp feather;

2 tablespoons olive oil;

Basil or a mixture of Provençal herbs.

Preparation

1. Rub whole bell peppers with olive oil, place them on a rack in the oven, and place a baking sheet underneath so as not to stain anything. Bake until brown at high temperature.

2. While the peppers are cooking, you need to chop the tomatoes. You can cut each tomato in half, grate the pulp, and discard the skin.

3. Combine the grated tomatoes with the remaining olive oil, place on the stove, and begin to simmer over low heat.

4. Take out the peppers, cool a little, remove the skins and core with seeds. Finely chop the baked pulp.

5. Add pepper to the boiled tomatoes, heat for a minute, remove from heat.

6. Add salt to taste, add herbs and a clove of garlic, add pepper for spiciness. Mix everything well and let the pizza sauce sit until it cools completely.

Tomato sauce for pizza with onions

Onion tomato sauce is ideal for pizza; the baked goods will be very aromatic, the filling will be juicy even with a meager filling. It is important to prepare everything correctly. Here is a recipe using fresh tomatoes.

Ingredients

2 onions;

4 tomatoes;

20 g olive oil;

Salt pepper;

1 tsp. Sahara;

. Provencal herbs.

Preparation

1. Peel the onions, cut the prepared heads into small cubes, place in a frying pan with olive oil, and start cooking. Turn the heat to medium, sauté for a minute, then turn it to low and start simmering. The task is to make the pieces soft and steam them.

2. Remove the skin from the tomatoes, chop the ripe tomatoes in any convenient way, put them in a saucepan or another frying pan, and evaporate the excess water.

3. Rub the soft onion through a sieve. We need a homogeneous puree. You can beat it with a blender if you don’t want to grind it.

4. Add onion pulp to the tomatoes, mix, add a teaspoon of sugar, add a little pepper, and add some salt.

5. Once the mass reaches the desired consistency, the sauce can be removed from the heat. We throw in Provençal herbs, or just dry herbs that you can find in the house. Stir and leave on the table so that the sauce cools and the herbs reveal their flavor.

Tomato sauce for pizza with olives

You can prepare tomato sauces not only with olive oil, but also with the olives themselves. Amazing taste guaranteed! You can use black olives instead of olives.

Ingredients

500 g ripe tomatoes;

10 g sugar;

50 g olives;

0.5 tsp. dry Italian herbs;

1 clove of garlic;

20 ml oil.

Preparation

1. Pour oil into a frying pan, and throw in a clove of garlic, cut in half. Fry it until golden brown.

2. Tomatoes need to be scalded and thin skin removed. Then cut the tomatoes in half and remove the seeds with the watery layer. We won't need them. Cut the clean pulp into small cubes.

3. Place the prepared tomatoes in a frying pan with garlic oil. We begin to fry and simmer until completely soft, stirring constantly.

4. Cut the olives into small cubes no larger than a grain of rice, add them to the tomatoes after five minutes. Stir and cook for the same amount of time.

5. Add a little granulated sugar and add some salt.

6. Add hot pepper, add Italian herbs, heat for a minute and you can turn it off. After cooling, use to lubricate the base.

Tomato sauce for pizza, like in a pizzeria

A recipe for a popular tomato sauce that is prepared in Italian pizzerias. We use ripe, sweet red tomatoes. Pink and yellow varieties will not work.

Ingredients

1 head of garlic;

A kilogram of tomatoes;

3 large onions;

5 g sweet paprika;

1 tsp. with a heap of Italian herbs;

50 ml oil (olive only);

Chilli.

Preparation

1. Wash the tomatoes, place them in a bowl, and pour boiling water over them. Leave for two minutes.

2. Drain the boiling water, rinse the tomatoes to cool faster, and remove the skin. We cut out the place where the stalk attaches to each tomato. Cut into four parts.

3. Place the tomatoes in a pan with oil.

4. Peel the garlic. Cut each clove in half. Throw in after the tomatoes.

5. Peel the onions, cut them too, the shape and size of the pieces do not matter. But you need to keep in mind that the onion will take a long time to cook in acid. Therefore, we chop it thinly. Transfer to tomatoes.

6. Cut the chili pepper into small pieces. The amount depends on the desired spiciness. But you can add dry red pepper at the end if there is no pod or you are afraid to overdo it.

7. Cover the pan and cook the vegetables under the lid for 35-40 minutes. They should become completely soft. 10 minutes before the end you need to add salt and sugar.

8. Cool slightly, chop the vegetables for the sauce in a blender, add herbs. You can add a little more olive oil to enhance the flavor.

Tomato sauce for pizza made from tomatoes in their own juice

If you don’t have fresh tomatoes, you can use tomatoes in their juice for the sauce. It makes everything very easy to prepare.

Ingredients

300 g of tomatoes in their juice;

2 cloves of garlic;

Oregano, basil;

2-3 tablespoons of oil.

Preparation

1. Grind the tomatoes along with the juice.

2. Fry the garlic cloves in oil, remove.

3. Add chopped tomatoes to the oil, immediately add a pinch of basil and the same amount of oregano.

4. Boil the mass to a thick sauce, cool. There is no need to add any more spices or salt, as tomatoes have a distinct taste.

Tomato sauce for pizza - useful tips and tricks

After cooling, the tomato sauce will be thicker than immediately after cooking. Therefore, you should not keep it on the fire for too long.

If the tomatoes are sour, you can add a little granulated sugar to the sauce. It will smooth out the taste, add a pleasant sweetness, the pizza will taste better, but it is important not to overdo it. For 200 g of tomatoes, one teaspoon is enough.

If you don't have fresh tomatoes, you can use ketchup. But it’s better to improve it: add a little water, stir, put on the stove, add sauteed onions, Italian herbs, garlic, and boil for a few minutes.