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Quick No-Cook Pizza Sauce

A quick and easy pizza sauce full of rich and tangy tomato flavor and Italian herbs.
Kid friendly
Tomato sauce blend being shown spread onto pizza dough.
Prep time: 5 minutes
Makes: 3 Cups
Nutrition Facts: View label

Ingredients

1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1 carrot, finely grated

Directions

  1. Wash hands with soap and water.
  2. Scrub carrot under running water before preparing
  3. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
  4. Spread sauce on pizza dough, bread, English muffins or other pizza base.
  5. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.  Use sauce within 5 days for best quality.  Freeze to store longer.

Notes

  • Makes enough for four 12-inch crusts
  • Try this pizza sauce on Food Hero No-Yeast Pizza Crust for the perfect pizza!

Comments

Carrots are the perfect secret ingredient for any type of tomato dish! My grandma used to always add carrots into her spaghetti so this recipe was special to me as soon as I saw it. The carrots brought out such a sweet flavor from the tomatoes, so this sauce is on the sweeter side, but not overally sweet. The carrots also added a lot of texture, stringy texture because of the size of grater that I used. Texture aware individuals might want to make sure to grate the carrots extra extra fine to minimize the carrot texture. I personally love texture variations in food, so I quite enjoyed the carrot medium grated. I tried this pizza sauce on all of the Food Hero pizza recipes and it tasted great! This sauce does make quite a bit! My last recommendation is to also add 1 teaspoon of Italian seasoning, but that is just because I like a lot of seasonings. Even without the added Italian seasoning, the recipe is so flavorful, simple, easy and fast!

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