Pizza Sauce (red)

This post contains two recipes.

• Basic Pizza Sauce (red) Cooking Light (2010)

• New York-Style Sauce (red) Cooking Light (2009)

Cooking Light

This sauce is good for Margherita Pizza, Pepperoni Deep-Dish Pizza and Grilled Vegetable Pizza.

Basic Pizza Sauce ingredients

Makes about 2 cups, or 6 (1/3 cup each) servings 

2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
5 garlic cloves, minced
1 (28-oz) can San Marzano tomatoes
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp dried oregano leaves, crushed

Directions

Sauté garlic
In a medium saucepan over Medium setting, heat the oil. Add garlic and cook one (1) minute, stirring frequently.


Combine sauce ingredients
Use a slotted spoon to remove tomatoes from can; reserve juices and crush tomatoes. 

Then, stir tomatoes, juices, salt, and oregano into garlic mixture and bring to a boil.


Simmer
Reduce heat, and simmer thirty (30) minutes, stirring occasionally.


Source: Cooking Light. May 2010: ??. Time Inc. Lifestyle Group. Print.

Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Cindy Barr via Cooking Light

New York-Style (red) Pizza Sauce ingredients

Makes 2 2/3 cups

7 Tbsp water ( I prefer using wine.)
2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil
1.5 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 tsp dried oregano leaves, crushed
1.5 tsp sugar
1 tsp minced garlic (I increase.)
1 (14.5-oz) can petite-cut diced tomatoes, undrained
1 (6-oz) can tomato paste

Variations

For thicker sauce, reduce or omit the water.

Use garlic/basil flavored diced tomatoes.

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl; stir with a whisk.


Source: Cooking Light, July 2009: ??. Time Inc. Lifestyle Group. Print.

Mayor, Randy. "New York-Style Pizza Sauce." Photograph. Cooking Light. Time Inc. Lifestyle Group. n.d. Web. 28 Jun. 2012.


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