Dad's Ultimate Pizza Sauce recipe

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
½ cup chopped onion
¼ cup finely chopped celery
½ teaspoon minced garlic
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon fennel seeds, ground
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon white sugar
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 large bay leaf

Nutrition Info

32 calories
carbohydrate: 2.9 g
cholesterol: 2 mg
fat: 2.2 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 0.8 g
saturatedFat: 0.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 197.2 mg
sugar: 1.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Melt butter with olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, and garlic in the butter mixture until the onion is soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.

  2. Stir tomato sauce and tomato paste into the onion mixture until smooth, add Parmesan cheese, fennel seeds, basil, oregano, salt, sugar, pepper, and bay leaf. Stir the sauce and bring to a slow simmer, cook at a slow simmer for 1 hour. Remove and discard bay leaf before use.

Recipe Yield

2 1/2 cups

Recipe Note

If you love pizza sauce but hate the taste or additives in store-bought, this recipe is for you!

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