Making your own pizza sauce is very easy.You can sauce your pizza with a homemade red sauce, a delicious white sauce or a healthy pesto sauce.If you follow a simple recipe and gather the ingredients, you'll be eating pizza in no time.
Step 1: The tomato sauce and tomato paste should be put in a bowl.
Put the cans of tomato sauce and tomato paste in a bowl.To mix the two ingredients, use a large spoon.
Step 2: The seasonings can be added to the mixture.
The Italian seasoning, garlic powder, dried oregano, and crushed red pepper should be put into the tomato sauce and tomato paste mixture.To make it taste better, add a pinch of sugar and black pepper.If you want to add other spices to your tomato sauce, such as basil or onion powder, you can do so now.If you like the flavor of the sauce, start with a small amount of additional spice.
Step 3: The sauce can be created by stirring the mixture well.
Use a large spoon to mix all of the ingredients together, moving the spoon in circular motions until the spices are dispersed.
Step 4: If you use the sauce immediately, spread it on the pizza dough.
To spread the sauce over the dough, use a spoon.Spread the layer up to the edges of the pizza.When spreading the sauce, leave about 1 in of space around the dough's edge.
Step 5: The sauce can be kept in the fridge or freezer.
A piece of Tupperware is a good place to put the sauce.Store the pizza sauce in the fridge or freezer for up to a week or three months.Place the sauce in the fridge the night before you plan to use it.Before using it to melt the frozen sauce, you can heat it in the microwave for 30 seconds.
Step 6: The butter and olive oil should be in the pan.
Put the butter and olive oil in a small or medium-size saucepan.Spread it around so that the butter starts melting.Canola oil or vegetable oil will work if you don't have olive oil.
Step 7: The onion and garlic will be cooked for 1 minute.
Put 0.25 c of onion and 1 clove of garlic into the butter and olive oil.As you stir, let the ingredients cook.The onion and garlic should be fragrant after about a minute.It's best to have a large clove of garlic.Stir with a spoon.
Step 8: The onion is translucent after the flour is whisked into the mixture.
All-purpose flour can be added to the saucepan, whisking it gently as it cooks.The onion should be translucent after a few minutes of flour cooking.The heat setting should be medium.
Step 9: Put the remaining ingredients in the saucepan.
This includes 1 c of milk, a small amount of cheese, fresh basil, salt, and black pepper.Stir them with a wooden spoon.Depending on your preferences, you can add more or less salt and pepper.
Step 10: The sauce should be put together for 5 minutes.
Continue stirring with the spoon or whisk until the cheese is melted.The sauce will turn from watery to dense when it's thick.
Step 11: Take the pan out of the stove.
The sauce can be cooled in the pan or transferred to a bowl.You can add it to the pizza dough using a spoon.If you're going to store it in the fridge or freezer, it's best to keep it at room temperature.
Step 12: Store the sauce in the pizza dough, or add it to the dough.
If you cook the pizza immediately, use a spoon to spread the sauce over the dough.The white sauce will stay in the fridge for several days if you don't make the pizza immediately.The sauce can be kept in a container.The sauce should be frozen in the freezer for a few months.If you want to thaw the sauce, place it in the fridge overnight or heat it up in 30 seconds.
Step 13: An ice bath can be prepared by using a large bowl or sink.
It's nice and cold if you fill the bowl or sink with fresh ice and water.The ice bath will be used for soaking the basil leaves, so make sure the bowl is big enough to hold the leaves.To clean the kitchen sink, use soap and water.
Step 14: The water in the pot should be boiled.
If you want to add salt to the water, turn the stove on high.Use a wooden spoon to stir the salt.
Step 15: Basil can be placed in boiling water and transferred to ice bath.
Use your hands or a measuring cup to sprinkle 6 c of basil into the pot from the boiling water.Make sure the basil is completely submerged and then use tongs or a hand strainer to move the leaves to the ice bath.After a few seconds, use tongs to remove the leaves from the ice bath.Blanching is the process of moving something from boiling water to cold water so that you can cook it quickly.A hand strainer is a piece of mesh that can be used to drain water and leave basil leaves in the strainer.
Step 16: The leaves should be dried with a clean paper towel.
Place the leaves on a paper towel and then use a second towel to dry them.The basil leaves will go into the food processor once they are dry.
Step 17: Place the nuts, basil, and garlic in the food processor.
Along with the basil leaves, add walnuts, pine nuts, and cloves of garlic.Put the ingredients in the food processor.A regular blender can work if you don't have a food processor.
Step 18: The olive oil should be put into the food processor.
Slowly add the olive oil to the mixture and not all at once.Continue mixing until they have a consistency.
Step 19: Salt and pepper are added to the sauce.
Sprinkle as much salt and pepper as you want when you turn off the food processor.The seasoning should be well-distributed if you stir it into the pesto with a spoon.Your pesto is done once all of the ingredients are well-combined.
Step 20: Either use it immediately or freeze it.
If you want to spread the pesto on the pizza dough, you need to stir in a small amount of the cheese.You can put your sauce in the freezer for up to 3 months if you prefer.Add a layer of cheese to the pizza.You can keep the pesto in the fridge for a day or two.Take the pesto sauce out of the freezer and put it on the counter for 30 minutes.Once you're ready to spread the cheese on the pizza dough, you can stir it in.