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Basic Pizza Sauce

@arecipe.bsky.social

It's hard to believe that pizza originally did not contain tomatoes, but tomatoes originated from the Americas—they didn't reach Italy until the mid-1500s, and they didn't get popular until the late 1800s because people thought they were poisonous. Now, however, tomato-based pizza sauce is considered an essential part of most types of pizza. Want to make it at home? Here's the way to get that great "pizzeria" taste in your sauce, with all the "what"s and "how"s.

Total 00:05

Ingredients

  • 1 can smooth tomato spaghetti sauce or pasta sauce
  • 1 handful sugar
  • Extra-virgin olive oil (optional) (optional)

Instructions

  1. 1
    After rolling out dough, ladle on sauce as directed by the pizza recipe.
  2. 2
    Grab a handful of sugar, and sprinkle it over the sauce until the surface of the sauce becomes white but you can see the crystals dissolving.
  3. 3
    Drizzle with olive oil if desired.
Category
Side Dishes

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Basic_Pizza_Sauce