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How to Make Pizza Sauce (with tomato sauce)

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By: Pamela Reed
Posted:9/4/21
Updated:7/9/24
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Quick and easy homemade pizza sauce recipe made with tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese. This is a simple no cook recipe, all you have to do is stir everything in a bowl and you’re done!  This is our favorite sauce for pizza night!

top down view of pizza sauce in a jar.

Quick And Easy Pizza Sauce

This pizza sauce is so quick and easy to make! It’s Italian flavoring makes it a favorite of ours on homemade pizza tonight. We whip up our favorite bread machine pizza dough, cover it with this pizza sauce, followed by a thiiiiiick layer of mozzarella and we’re all yelling “it’s pizza night!!”

This makes a 12 ounce jar of sauce, perfect for a large pizza!

TIP: Love this sauce and want to make it your favorite from now on? Multiply all the dry ingredients by 8 (or change servings to 8 in recipe card to get these amounts easily). Keep the dry ingredients in a jar in your cabinet. When you want to make the sauce, you can measure out 2 teaspoons to add with the tomato sauce and water. This saves a lot of time measuring out the ingredients!

Looking or more homemade sauce recipes? Try my Crushed Tomato Spaghetti Sauce and Roma Tomato Sauce too!

closeup of pizza sauce on cheese pizza.

Ingredients for Homemade Pizza Sauce

  • Tomato sauce, you need a 8 ounce can.
  • Warm water, to mix with the tomato sauce.
  • Parmesan cheese, this thickens up the sauce.
  • Minced garlic, because every pizza needs a little garlic flavor!
  • Honey, adds a tiny bit of sweetness to balance out the acidic flavor of the tomato sauce. You can always replace it with maple syrup or white sugar if you’d prefer. Some sugar in the sauce is important for balance, so don’t leave it out!
  • Spices: onion powder, dried basil, salt, pepper and crushed red pepper flakes.
ingredients on table to make pizza sauce.

2 Steps to Make Homemade Pizza Sauce

Add all of the ingredients in a small bowl, mixing until the cheese is mixed well in.

Spread the sauce right away on your pizza, or keep in the refrigerator until ready to use, within 5 days.

spoon stirring pizza sauce.

Storing and freezing pizza sauce

To store: The sauce will stay fresh in a sealed jar or container in the fridge for up to 5 days.

To freeze: You can freeze the sauce in a freezer bag for up to 6 months. Defrost in the microwave and then heat up on the stovetop or microwave, stirring to thicken.

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Quick and easy homemade pizza sauce recipe made with tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese.  This is a simple no cook recipe, all you have to do is stir everything in a bowl and you’re done!  This is our favorite sauce for homemade pizza night!
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Quick and easy homemade pizza sauce recipe made with tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese. This is a simple no cook recipe, all you have to do is stir everything in a bowl and you’re done!  This is our favorite sauce for pizza night! This makes a 12 ounce jar of sauce, perfect for a large pizza!
By: Pamela Reed
Prep Time: 2 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes minutes
Total Time 2 minutes minutes
serves 1

Ingredients

  • 8 ounce can tomato sauce
  • 1/4 cup warm water
  • 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Instructions

  • In a small bowl combine all the ingredients, stirring to fully mix in the Parmesan cheese. Add sauce to pizza, or store in a mason jar in the refrigerator, good up to 5 days.

Notes

TIP: Love this sauce and want to make it your favorite from now on? Multiply all the dry ingredients by 8 (or change servings to 8 in recipe card to get these amounts easily). Keep the dry ingredients in a jar in your cabinet. When you want to make the sauce, you can measure out 2 teaspoons to add with the tomato sauce and water. This saves a lot of time measuring out the ingredients!
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Diet: Vegetarian
Keyword: pizza sauce
Vegetarian
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