FOOD NEWS
Do Yourself A Favor And Stop Cooking Your Pizza Sauce
By Jonathan Kesh
Unlike pasta sauce, which is simmered, pizza sauce frequently uses uncooked crushed tomatoes to make a sauce that's brighter and easier to spread across the dough.
The sauce gets cooked with the entire pizza, and pre-cooking it can take away from the tomatoes' vibrant flavor and ruin the taste of your pie.
Use raw, high-quality ingredients to get the most flavor out of every element. Canned, whole San Marzano tomatoes from Italy are ideal, but there are other options available.
Traditional Neopolitan pizza sauce calls for nothing more than uncooked tomatoes and a pinch of salt, but this base is endlessly customizable with herbs, spices, and aromatics.
You can add garlic or other herbs like basil, oregano, thyme, and even red pepper flakes. Balsamic vinegar is the secret ingredient for tangy sweetness in your sauce.