Pizza sauce from scratch| Home made pizza sauce| Pizza sauce free from preservatives

Pizza sauce  is the elixir of pizza !!.The magical ingredient that transforms a bread (pizza base) into pizza ,apart from the toppings . The juicy ,aromatic sauce ,together with the cheese and the toppings, gets one self  hooked to the pizza till  the last bite. 

Ooohhh!! I am literally salivating at the very description of a pizza ,I know you all will agree with me .Pizza sauce  is such a versatile ingredient  that can be used  pasta  ,spaghetti  or noodles as a sauce.

When you are really short of time just boil the pasta ,add sauce to it and serve it or pack it as a lunch box .Make ahead sauces really ease the work especially during the morning hours when every one is in a hurry to reach school or office.

To be frank I have never used bottled pizza sauce .Once when I was thinking of buying it just went through  the instructions where it was written "use it within 1 week of opening "."How can any one use the complete 500gm bottle in 1 week "...)p. Just left the bottle where i had picked it  from and with a rough knowledge of the ingredients listed on the bottle tried it at home .Surprisingly it was much better,and a super duper hit with the family .Home made is always a bliss ,apart from being with in your budget .

Since then it has been a regular one on the table ,my kids love it with their bread too!!.

So here is the way to the pizza sauce made from scratch ......with readily available ingredients ,in your pantry .

 lets start cooking ........

INGREDIENTS

• 6 big / 700 gms tomatoes
• 4 cloves garlic
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 small onions
• 1 tsp chilli flakes
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp corn starch
• 2 tbsp water
• 1 tsp vinegar
• a sterilised jar (see notes)

METHOD

• Roughly chop onions, tomatoes and garlic.
• Heat oil in a pan and add onions and garlic and saute until the onions become translucent.
• Now add tomatoes and all the other ingredients except the last three .
• Cover and cook until the tomatoes are mushy and it comes to chutney consistency .
• Turn off the flame and with a hand blender or a mixer puree it to a fine paste.
• Pour the sauce in  the same pan and turn on the flame .
• Add  vinegar and stir ,make a slurry of corn starch with water and add to the sauce .
• Now the sauce will thicken, stir it well till the sauce forms a ketchup consistency .
• Cool it and store it in a sterilised jar in fridge and use it accordingly for pizza ,pasta...etc

NOTES

1. Always use fresh, red ,pulpy and not much tart  tomatoes for best sauce .
2. This sauce stays well for up to one month in fridge if stored in sterilised bottle ,and using a clean dry spoon to scoop out.
3. To sterilise the jar ,boil the water to rolling boil and immerse the bottle and lid in it and boil for 2-3 mints.
4. Remove and cool the jar  to room temperature and use it .
5. Adjust spice level accordingly.
6. Addition of vinegar is optional ,it acts as a natural preservative.

 Yummily,

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