Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe

Homemade pizza night just got better! This easy, delicious pizza sauce is packed with flavor and way better than anything from a jar.

Welcome back Cherished Bliss readers, today I am sharing my family's favorite homemade pizza sauce recipe! Pizza night is a weekly tradition at our house and it is something everyone looks forward to!  I love pizza night because everyone is able to let their creativity flow through a variety of toppings. You might be surprised what the kiddos and your husband will try when they are in control. Yet, every pizza creation begins with great pizza dough and a delicious sauce recipe, so tie your aprons strings and let's get cooking!

First we are going to start with the basic ingredients to a tasty pizza sauce recipe. Below you will find that I use black pepper, kosher salt, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, local honey, and a good quality grated Parmesan cheese. The fun thing about making pizza sauce is making it your own. For example, instead of using garlic powder, try using fresh minced garlic cloves or using fresh herbs. When my herb garden is abundantly growing I will always sub fresh herbs over dried herbs. Just in case you are wondering the ratio you use from dried herbs to fresh herbs is 1 to 3. For example if a recipe calls for 1 tsp of dried basil and you want to use fresh basil, then you would increase the fresh basil to 1 TBSP. As you can see from the picture below, the one ingredient that is missing is onion powder. I leave onion powder out of our pizza sauce because my daughter is on a low tyramine diet, but feel free to add onion powder or fresh minced onions to your pizza sauce. 

I hope you enjoy this yummy pizza sauce next time you have pizza night!

Homemade Pizza Sauce

The secret to the best homemade pizza? The sauce! This rich, flavorful homemade pizza sauce is easy to make and perfect for family pizza night.

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Ingredients

  

• 2- 6 oz tomato paste
• 12 oz water
• ¼ tsp black pepper or to taste
• ½ tsp kosher salt or to taste
• ¼ tsp red pepper flakes
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• 2 tsp Italian seasonings
• 2 TBSP local honey
• 2 TBSP grated Parmesan cheese good quality

Instructions

 

• In a small mixing bowl add tomato paste and water.
• Mix until well combined.
• Add all seasonings and combine, until all flavors are evenly distributed.

Notes

This recipe provides enough sauce for 4-10 inch pizzas and extra sauce for dipping. So if you do not like extra sauce for dipping cut the recipe in half.

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