Essential Tomato-Herb Pizza Sauce

Name: Essential Tomato-Herb Pizza Sauce
Ingredients: ¼ large yellow onion, finely chopped; 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil; Salt and fresh-ground black pepper; Salt and fresh-ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon dried oregano or marjoram leaves; 1 teaspoon dried oregano or marjoram leaves; 1 teaspoon dried oregano or marjoram leaves; 1 clove garlic, pressed, or ½ teaspoon garlic powder; 1 clove garlic, pressed, or ½ teaspoon garlic powder; Two 8-ounce cans tomato sauce

Preparation info

Makes
2 cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook

By Beth Hensperger

Published 2000

About

This is an excellent tomato sauce for pizza. The recipe comes from my friend Laura Quemada, whose family has been making it for decades. It takes only 15 minutes of cooking before it is ready to use.

Ingredients

1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil
¼ large yellow onion, finely chopped
Two 8-ounce

Sauce
Vegan

Method

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat and sauté the onion until soft and the edges begin to brown. Add the tomato sauce, garlic, oregano, and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a low boil and adjust heat to low. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool. Leave the onion chunky or use an immersion blender to puree. The sauce will keep in the refrigerator for 3 d