Pizza Tomato Sauce
Submitted by brianjwood on November 12, 2002 at 6:13 am

DESCRIPTION
Pizza Tomato Sauce

SUMMARY
Yield 0 File under Pizza Focaccia Flatbreads

INSTRUCTIONS
This is a very simple, but very flavourful tomato topping for pizzas. If simmered long but gently it is deliciously flavoured with basil and oregano, and if using pizza spice, a slightly aniseed taste.
I use a small tin of chopped Italian plum tomatoes for 2 pizzas. Put the tin contents in a liquidiser, add 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp sugar (less if you want); 2 cloves of peeled chopped garlic; 1/4 cup basil leaves; 1 tsp of dried oregano OR 2 tbsps fresh leaves; 1 tsp salt; a generous slug of freshly milled black pepper and whizz thoroughly. Put into a saucepan and simmer very slowly while the dough is rising. I add pizza spice, (1 1/2 tsps) to mine, but black pepper only is fine, and so is a tablespoon of pesto if you have it, especially homemade. About 15 minutes before done I stir in 1 heaped tablespoon of tomato puree to enrich and thicken it.