Ultimate Pizza Sauce

By kishthecook

This pizza sauce recipe was given to me as a wedding present, written on the inside cover of a pizza cookbook. It is thick, saucy, spicy and delicious. I'll never use anything else on my homemade pizzas. I like to double or triple it and put it in Ziploc bags in my freezer.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup celery, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 small bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed

Preparation

Step 1

1 In a large skillet, melt butter with the oil. Add the onion, celery and garlic and saute until soft and transparent. 2 Add tomato sauce and tomato paste and stir until smooth. 3 Add remaining ingredients and bring to slow simmer. 4 Simmer for 30-60 minutes (or not at all depending on your taste and time frame). 5 Remove the bay leaf and spread the sauce on your prepared pizza dough.