Basic Pizza Sauce

Name: Basic Pizza Sauce
Yield: 1 1/3 cups
Ingredients: Cooking spray; ¼ cup finely chopped onion; 1 garlic clove, minced; ¼ cup white wine; 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; ⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 (14.5-ounce) can crushed tomatoes, undrained; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil; ½ teaspoon balsamic vinegar

12 Ratings
12 Reviews

This makes a chunky pizza sauce; if you prefer a smoother consistency, you can puree the sauce in a food processor with one tablespoon water.

Recipe by Cooking Light September 2006

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Yield:

1 1/3 cups

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Directions

Step 1
Heat a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion to pan; sauté 3 minutes or until tender. Add garlic to pan; sauté 30 seconds. Stir in wine; cook 30 seconds. Add tomato paste, oregano, pepper, and tomatoes. Reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes or until thick. Remove from heat; stir in basil and vinegar. Cool.

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Step 2
Note: Nutritional analysis is for 1 1/3 cups Basic Pizza Sauce.
Step 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.
Step 4
(Totals are for 1 1/3 cups Spicy Pizza Sauce.) CALORIES 206 (2% from fat); FAT 4g (sat 1g, mono 1g, poly 2g); PROTEIN 6g; CARB 6g; FIBER 3g; CHOL 0mg; IRON 3mg; SODIUM 953mg; CALC 199mg
Step 5
Make-ahead tip: Prepare the sauce a day or two ahead and refrigerate it, or make a double batch and freeze the extra for up to one month.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

203 calories; calories from fat 1%; fat 0.3g; saturated fat 0.1g; mono fat 0.1g; poly fat 0.1g; protein 9.6g; carbohydrates 42.2g; fiber 10.1g; iron 7.3mg; sodium 953mg; calcium 201mg.

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DickCheesy

01/25/2018

"Cooking Spray" instead of EVOO? Is that supposed to be funny? White wine??? Does the person behind this recipe perhaps have a learning disability? And just look at all the 5-star reviews. This looks and smells fishy.

momhusfam

07/12/2014

My go to pizza sauce recipe. Easy to make, delicious, and low fat. What's not to like?

stellacorona

12/03/2013

great recipe. make most all pizzas homemade.

Meischay

03/13/2011

We love this recipe with our homemade pizza dough.

radiohigh

03/06/2011

This pizza sauce is one I will be using over and over again! - Along with the basic pizza dough recipe. We followed the recipe, adding more wine, salt and some of the herbs according to taste. It turned out beyond delicious! We doubled this recipe and have some sauce leftover. We're making it again, for the family this time, tomorrow night! It's seriously that good!

Lbwilk

02/03/2011

Love this homemade pizza sauce. I will use this recipe a lot! And it's so easy!

Quinnetts

09/23/2010

Excellent! This is the best pizza sauce I have tried.

Elena1460

11/22/2009

I will keep this as my one and only pizza sauce recipe. Despite using canned tomatoes, it has a fresh, light taste. The balsamic vinegar gives it just the right amount of richness. You may be tempted to add salt -- don't! Once your toppings are added, the sauce serves as a wonderful contrast.

Cristy

08/07/2009

Throw the can away! This is easy and wonderful!!! I froze 1/2 for later. Can't wait.

dizzydoggy

04/19/2009

Fantastic! I'll never buy the canned stuff again.

EAVarner

02/28/2009

I made the spicy version of this recipe to go with the Whole Wheat Pizza Dough (June 2000), and it was outstanding! A regular sauce (I tried the pizza sauce made from the Basic Marinara recipe) tends to get lost on the whole wheat dough, and this spicy sauce was perfect. I doubled the recipe and after putting sauce on the two pizzas for tonight, I still have 1.5 cups of sauce to freeze.

kelgor

01/22/2009

A keeper. I used fire-roasted crushed tomatoes (such as Muir Glen) and red onion.

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