Pizza Sauce
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons EVOO , Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 5 cloves Garlic , crushed through a garlic presser tool.
- 3 tablespoons fresh Basil , leaves picked and finely chopped (about 50 grs) home grown
- 2 tablespoons fresh Oregano , home grown, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon Dry Oregano
- 3 400 grs Diced Tomatoes , good-quality tinned tomatoes cubed
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- ½ teaspoon Chili flakes , crushed
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- 2 teaspoon Sea Salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper
Instructions
- Put a large non-stick pot or sauce pan on high heat and drizzle the oil. After a minute add the garlic and toss for a minute until fragrant. Add the chili flakes and the tomato paste and stir for 30 seconds.
- Add the tomatoes and stir, while if necessary break the tomatoes with a potato masher. Immediately add the sugar, the dry oregano and season the sauce with salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and cook for 15 minutes so that the flavours come together and to achieve the thickness/texture needed as a pizza sauce. A minute prior to taking the pot off the fire add the fresh oregano and basil, stir and remove from heat.