Welcome to another installment of the Secret Recipe Club! My assigned blog for this month was The Pajama Chef. I was REALLY excited, because I have seen many recipes from Sarah’s blog during my run with the SRC.
As always, there were tons of recipes to choose from on The Pajama Chef. (P.S. Sarah is studying to be a librarian. You know how I feel about books, right?) I finally decided on homemade pizza sauce.
The sauce jumped out at me because it originated at Lynn’s Kitchen Adventures and Lynn is a good blogging buddy of mine. She had never led me astray, and this was no different!
We love homemade pizza around here, and having a great homemade sauce is the icing on the cake! This sauce is nice and tangy from the vinegar, and I love all the herbs. Mine sat for about 5 days before I used it, which really allowed for it to marinate. Perfect!
I didn’t make Sarah’s cornmeal crust … mostly because I didn’t have any cornmeal. I fell back on my favorite Pioneer Woman perfect crust. But I did try one deep-dish style according to Sarah’s instructions. YUM!
Source: The Pajama Chef
Ingredients
- 28 oz. tomato puree
- 1 1/2 c. water
- 1 T dried parsley
- 2 tsp. dried basil
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp. dried thyme
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper
- 2 T garlic powder
- 1/4 c. red wine vinegar
- 1/4 c. olive oil
- 1 to 1 1/2 tsp. salt
Instructions
Combine all ingredients except salt in a large mixing bowl. Add 1 teaspoon salt and taste. If it needs more, add about 1/2 a teaspoon. (I used the whole 1 1/2 teaspoons. I like salt, what can I say?)
Use on homemade pizza immediately, or refrigerate up to a week. Freeze any extra in a ziploc bag for later use.
David’s reaction to the delicious sauce on this pizza? MMMMMM.
Added to the Pizza Blog Hop.
Homemade pizza sauce is so good. I’ll have to give this recipe a try because I’ve never had a bad recipe from Lynn.
Hope you have a fabulous day, Jessie.
Lynn’s never let me down, either! Love that girl.
Thanks for stopping by!
glad you guys liked it! it’s a favorite recipe for sure!
Great minds think alike with pizzas this month! While I enjoy making my own pizza dough, I have never made sauce from scratch, so I will have to try this. Thanks!
If I make sauce from “scratch” it’s usually just tomato sauce with some Italian seasoning thrown in. This was WAY more tasty and worth the five minutes to stir it together!
I’m definitely trying this recipe! Yummmm!
Oh yeah, homemade sauce is *much* better. I’m not a huge tomato fan, so the herbs and garlic are a must. I’ve never added parsley, though, so I’ll have to give that a whirl. Nice choice!
I have been looking for a good pizza sauce. This may very well be the one. Thanks.
I try to make my own sauce, and usually just toss stuff in. I like the addition of vinegar…gonna try that!
I definitely never would have thought of it on my own. This is WAY better than my “toss a few things into tomato sauce” pizza sauce.