Simple Neapolitan Style Pizza Sauce
Simple pizza sauce for wood-fired style pizzas at home! This recipe is loose and you don't need a lot on each pizza. For smaller backyard pizzas with light sauce, this can cover 10+.
Servings Cups
Ingredients
- 28-32 oz can San Marzano tomatoes anywhere in that size range is great
- 3-4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dry oregano or 1 tablespoon minced fresh oregano
- 1 small garlic clove
- 4-5 cracks freshly ground black pepper
- Kosher salt to taste usually about 1 teaspoon
Instructions
No-Cook Method
- Place all your tomatoes, including the juices, in a bowl. Use clean hands to crush the tomatoes, removing any basil leaves if there are any, or hard cores.
- Add olive oil and oregano. Use a microplane or garlic press to finely press garlic into sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Stir sauce and adjust flavors if needed by adding additional salt.
Simmer Method
- Set a medium sized sauce pot over low-medium heat. Add olive oil to pot. You don't want to fry your garlic so it turns brown or crispy, simply warming in the oil for a minute helps release the flavors. Let it slightly bubble for about 30 seconds.
- Open your can of tomatoes and with clean hands, crush the tomatoes with your hands into the pot, discarding any basil leaves and hard tomato cores.
- Add oregano, pepper, and about 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt. Bring sauce to a simmer and let cook for 10-15 minutes, smashing any larger tomato chunks with your spatula as it cooks. Season with additional salt to taste.
Nutrition
Serving: 4Tablespoons, Calories: 64kcal, Carbohydrates: 6g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Sodium: 105mg, Potassium: 236mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 4g, Vitamin A: 174IU, Vitamin C: 7mg, Calcium: 31mg, Iron: 1mg
Calories: 64kcal
Cost: $5
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