Outrageously Good Pizza Sauce Recipe

It goes without saying that you should be using fresh, local and organic ingredients whenever possible. Just do it--your body, neighbors, local farmers, and friends you cook pizza for with thank you.

Outrageously Good Pizza Sauce Recipe

Note: This recipe is for times when you want a zesty, powerful sauce. The garlic will speak to you here. Toppings used with this sauce will need to bring powerful personalities of their own to the party!

Ingredients:

Extra virgin olive oil

Ridiculous quantities of chopped garlic

About 4 cups of tomato puree

A significant quantity of good red wine

Herbs & Spices: 

Lots of oregano

Judicious quantities of red chilies, salt and fresh ground black pepper

Possibly: a tiny bit of sweetener, depending on the sweetness of your tomatoes

Saute the garlic and spices briefly in the olive oil. Before the garlic browns, add the tomato puree and red wine. Heat through and taste--if it tastes like it needs a little sweetener, add a tiny bit, stir and taste again. If you add too much, it's all over. :)

Simmer the sauce until it thickens. How thick, you ask? Well it depends somewhat on how hot your oven will be when you cook your pizza. If you're cooking at 800F (you lucky, you) then leave your sauce a little thin. If you're cooking at a paltry 550F, it can be a little thicker.

That's really it.