If you’re like me, and overloaded with end of Summer tomatoes, this recipe is for you! It is hands down the best pasta/pizza sauce I’ve ever tasted and it comes together in less than a minute in the food processor. The only cooking involved is roasting the tomatoes, which, believe me, greatly enhances the overall flavor of the sauce. Make sure you use ripe tomatoes– the riper the better. If you don’t have any from your garden, try the farmer’s markets– so much better than store bought!
I use this fabulous sauce to make a 12″ pizza, topped with roasted veggies and Miyoko’s pourable mozzarella cheese– fantastic! I also use it in eggplant parmesan (loads of eggplant from my garden as well) and of course, on pasta dishes.
Enjoy!
The Best Homemade Pasta/Pizza Sauce
This is the best pasta/pizza sauce you'll ever taste, and it's so incredibly easy to make! The only cooking involved is roasting the tomatoes-- the rest comes together in less than a minute in the food processor. It's thick, hearty and bursting with flavor-- perfect for a 12" pizza, used in a lasagna or over pasta!
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 4 medium/large tomatoes- fresh See Note for off-season
- 6 oz tomato paste
- 2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- 2 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp dried basil
- 1.5 tsp Kosher or sea salt, divided
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper, divided
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1-2 cloves minced garlic
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Chop tomatoes into quarters. Place in medium bowl and mix together with 1 tbsp olive oil, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp black pepper.
- Place on lined baking sheet/tray and roast for 25 minutes.
- Remove from oven, cool for 5 minutes and place in bowl of a food processor.
- Add all remaining ingredients. Pulse for 15 times until mixture is smooth.
- Use right away or store in a covered container in the fridge until ready to use. Enjoy!
Notes
Tomatoes: Substitute a can of Fire-Roasted Tomatoes when it's off season for fresh tomatoes
This pasta sauce is really good!
-her unbiased son Matt
So delicious and just the right amount of kick!
Thanks, so glad you enjoyed it!
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I didn’t have whole homegrown tomatoes , so I used some canned tomatoes . It was so delicious! I made it for her Pasta Fagiole stew and I made more than enough for a pasta dish another night. I love how the ingredients all go together spotlessly! I will make sure to grow tomatoes next summer or buy farmer market tomatoes and make it exactly like the recipe, but until then, I have sauce that will get my family through the winter in style!
Great way to adapt the dish for the colder months ahead. Thank you for the wonderful feedback!
I made this sauce for my stuffed shells for Thanksgiving dinner. I can’t say enough about how delicious it is, and how easy it is to make! To share a story on my son’s comment about the sauce: “the sauce was good on the stuffed shells, but I really tasted how delicious it was when I had it with plain pasta! I could really taste how great it was!” I made a big batch of sauce and used a mixture of canned fire roasted tomatoes (only had one can) and canned diced tomatoes . I am looking forward to making… Read more »
Thank you so much!