The flavor of tilapia is mild and delicate. It is inexpensive and takes seasoning nicely. It only requires a few ingredients, cooks in approximately 7 minutes, and is ideal for hectic weeknights.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 50 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (28 ounce) can tomato puree
- 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Bring tomato puree, diced tomatoes, garlic, brown sugar, Italian seasoning, basil, and red pepper flakes to a boil in a large saucepan. Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered until sauce is thickened, about 30 minutes. Stir olive oil into tomato sauce and simmer until hot, 1 to 2 minutes more.
- If you don’t want chunks of tomatoes in your sauce, use crushed tomatoes instead of diced.
Reviews
I had to use this sauce is the base, as I had to change the type of tomato used, yellow tomato puree instead and homemade brown sugar. I made it as written, tasted it and added onion, salt, and 4 times the amount of spices (COVID left us with limited taste). It’s wonderful now.
Was fantastic
Simple and delicious. I owned a pizza franchise for over 10 years and this is how I make sauce for my own use at home.
After becoming obsessed with an episode of “The best thing I ever ate,” I was on the search for a pizza sauce. The recipe I was trying to duplicate was a Pizza Pot Pie. I made this sauce as written but added an onion and sausage(I did put in less olive oil because the sausage has grease). I must say, My picture and the close-up during the episode looked exactly alike. I let people at work try it and was told that I could bottle the sauce and that the Pizza Pot Pie “changed my life!” by my co-workers! This will be my signature pizza sauce!!!!
Try substituting the red pepper flakes with a one inch chunk of pepperoni quartered, and substitute the brown sugar with an ounce of Chianti or Cabernet Sauvignon wine.
I didn’t make any changes , but next time I’ll add more seasonings and no red pepper.
A good basic pizza sauce. Much better than store bought! The olive oil really adds a nice flavor. The only I suggest is adding some salt to really make the flavors pop. Be forewarned that this will make a mess on your stove. Now’s the time to break out the splatter guard! 🙂 I did as suggested and quickly pulsed the diced tomatoes in my Ninja before adding to the pot. Worked perfectly!
We just returned from an extensive trip to Italy and we were on the hunt for a pizza sauce that is similar to the typical sauce on the pizzas in Italy. This is it! I used Cento (Italian brand) tomato puree and didn’t change any of the ingredients. It is perfect. Thank you!
This was delicious and easy. I didn’t have puree so I threw slightly drained canned diced tomatoes and all other ingredients (including the oil) into a blender for a few minutes before transferring them to a pot. Because I have fresh herbs in my garden right now, I threw fresh basil and oregano in the blender with everything too and it was just wonderful. My children thought it was the best!
Excellent balance of herbs and tomatoes, adding olive oil at ends gives great flavor.
It’s very easy pizza…hehehehe