Basic Pizza Sauce

Title:
Basic Pizza Sauce

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Sauces,
Pizza




Ingredients:





     1    2 lb,3 oz. can whole


          Tomatoes, packed in tomato


          Puree or juice


     2    Fresh basil leaves or 1


          Teaspoon dried basil, dried


          Oregano or dried marjoram


     1    Clove of garlic, crushed


     2 tb Tomato paste (optional)


          Freshly ground black pepper


          Pinch of salt (optional)






 1.  Pour the contents of the tomato can into a 2 quart, heavy non-aluminum


     saucepan and coarsely crush the tomatoes with a fork or your hands. 2.


 Add the herbs, garlic, tomato paste, pepper, and salt. 3. Bring to a bubble


 over medium heat, stirring to mix the seasonings. 4. As soon as the sauce


 begins to bubble, turn the heat to low and


     maintain the sauce at a gentle simmer. 5. Cook, uncovered, stirring


 from time to time, for a minimum of 15


     minutes and a maximum of 1 hour. This sauce will keep for about a week


 in an airtight container in the refrigerator. It can also be frozen for up


 to 4 months. Variation: For onion sauce, saute 1 small, finely chopped


 sweet onion


 :          in 2 tablespoons of olive oil until the onion is just


 :          translucent.  Follow instructions for basic sauce.


 


 :          For meat flavored sauce, saute the meat of two Italian sweet


 :          sausages (removed from their casings and roughly crumbled)


 :          in 1 tablespoon of olive oil.  Cook the sausage meat for 1 to


 :          2 minutes over medium heat until it is no longer pink. Follow


 :          instructions for basic sauce. ~--


 


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