Pizza Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes

Instead of buying store-bought sauce for pizza night, make your own flavorful homemade pizza sauce with fresh tomatoes from your garden or local farmers market.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
• Calories: 81 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 2 tablespoons dried oregano
• freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 small sweet onion, chopped
• 4 leaves chopped fresh basil
• 8 large tomatoes, cored
• 0.5 teaspoon salt

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add tomatoes to the boiling water until skins start to curl, about 30 seconds. Remove tomatoes from the boiling water and submerge in the bowl of ice water. When tomatoes have cooled enough to handle, remove from ice water. Remove and discard tomato skins; transfer tomatoes to a blender.

Step 2

Blend tomatoes until liquefied, and transfer to a medium saucepan. Add onion, garlic, basil, oregano, salt, and pepper. Simmer over medium heat until sauce reduces to desired consistency, 60 to 90 minutes.

Step 3

Puree sauce with an immersion blender until smooth. Use sauce immediately, or store in the refrigerator overnight to allow flavors to develop.

Step 4

Cut an "x" in the bottom of each tomato. Fill a large mixing bowl with ice water.