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Tomato sauce for pizza

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 1 small onion(s)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove(s)
  • 400 g tomatoes, peeled
  • Salt and pepper, black from the mill
  • ½ tsp basil, chopped
  • ½ tsp thyme, chopped
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

Peel and finely dice the onion. Heat the oil in a saucepan until softened, gently frying the onion until translucent. Add the peeled garlic. Add the crushed tomatoes in their juice. Season the mixture with salt, pepper, basil, thyme, and tomato paste and simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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