Basic Pizza Sauce

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 minced garlic clove
• 1/4 cup white wine
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 (14.5-ounce) can undrained crushed tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
• 1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

Preparation

1. Heat a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add 1/4 cup finely chopped onion to pan; sauté 3 minutes or until tender. Add 1 minced garlic clove to pan; sauté 30 seconds. Stir in 1/4 cup white wine; cook 30 seconds. Add 2 tablespoons tomato paste, 1 teaspoon dried oregano, 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, and 1 (14.5-ounce) can undrained crushed tomatoes. Reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes or until thick. Remove from heat; stir in 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil and 1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar. Cool.
2. Nutritional analysis is for 1 1/3 cups Basic Pizza Sauce.
3. Spicy Pizza Sauce variation: Add 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper with the oregano and black pepper; omit basil. Yield: 1 1/3 cups. Nutritional analysis is for 1 1/3 cups Spicy Pizza Sauce. CALORIES 206; FAT 0.4g (sat 0.1g, mono 0.1g, poly 0.2g); PROTEIN 9.6g; CARB 42.6g; FIBER 10.3g; CHOL 0mg; IRON 7.3mg; SODIUM 953mg; CALC 199mg