In preparation for the Virtual Pizza Party on Saturday, I made tomato sauce using six Roma tomatoes from the store. As usual, I start by heating some garlic in olive oil, add the tomatoes and a pinch of salt, and cook to break them down and reduce the liquid. I have no fresh garlic, and all they had in the store was the stuff from China, which tastes old to me, so I did not buy it. I used ½ tsp. of Penzy’s dried garlic. I added ½ tsp. sugar late in the process and some freshly grated pepper. That gave me 1 cup of thick sauce, which is enough for a half-sheet sourdough pan pizza.
