To make a really epic pizza, you really only have three key ingredients, dough, sauce and cheese.

All other toppings are a matter of personal choice, but if either of these three ingredients are not spot on, it’s never going to be a brilliant pizza.

In a previous post, I’ve shared my recipe for pizza dough. I can’t emphasize enough how much of a difference the cold proof makes. The cold proof creates a vastly superior and tasty dough.

Now, I want to share my pizza sauce recipe. It’s not difficult to make, but use the best ingredients you can find and let it simmer very slowly. It smells wonderful.

Ingredients: 

1- 14.5oz can Diced Organic Tomatoes, Muir Glen are particularly good and of course a premium Italian tomato would be great.
1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/4 tsp Sea Salt
Freshly ground Black Pepper
1 tsp Oregano
1/2 tsp Sugar
1 clove of Garlic peeled and lightly crushed with the side of your chef\’s knife.

Preparation:

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Bring up to a simmer and simmer gently for 1 hour. Stirring occasionally.

Remove from heat and allow to cool. Hot pizza sauce makes for a mushy crust, I like it to be room temperature, when I spoon it onto the dough.

This recipe makes enough sauce for two 14 inch pizzas.