Ingredients
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Pizza Crust (King Arthur Cheesy Pan Pizza)
- 2 cups (240g) All-Purpose Flour
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon instant yeast or active dry yeast
- ¾ cup (170g) lukewarm water
- 1 tablespoon olive oil plus 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil for the pan
Pizza Sauce
- 1 – 28 ounce (800g) can of crushed tomatoes in sauce
- 1 – 14.5 ounce (400g) can of whole peeled tomatoes in sauce (400g)
- 1 teaspoon (5g) granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon (3g) ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon (3g) red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon (5g) Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon (5g) garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon (5g) oregano
- 6 basil leaves, finely chopped
- ½ cup of diced onions (approx. one medium onion)
- 4 cloves garlic
- 4 tablespoons (60 ml) olive oil
Toppings
- 1 ¼ cups (170g) mozzarella cheese, grated and loosely packed
- ½ cup of my homemade pizza sauce
- 3 oz prosciutto
- 5 stalks of asparagus, washed and chopped into 1 inch pieces
- 1 jalapeno, washed and sliced into circles
Instructions
Pizza Sauce
- Pour the crushed tomatoes into a food processor or a blender.
- Crush the whole tomatoes with your hands or smash them with a potato masher, then add the tomatoes and the juices and tomatoes to the food processor/blender.
- Next, add the sugar, black pepper, Italian seasoning, oregano. Blend until smooth.
- Turn the stove on to medium heat and add olive oil a large pot.
- Add the onions and garlic to the pot and cook them for approximately 5 minutes until the onions are slightly translucent, stir occasionally.
- Next, pour the blended tomatoes into the pot and stir in to mix with the onions, garlic and oil.
- Season to taste with teaspoon of salt at a time. (optional)
- Stir the sauce and bring to a boil. Once you see the bubbles on top of the sauce, then turn down the stove to medium low or low heat and allow the sauce to simmer for 20 minutes.
- Stir the sauce every 5 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and allow the sauce to cool before adding the sauce to the pizza.
- This recipe makes approximately enough sauce for 5 or more pizzas (about 3-4 cups).
Pizza Crust (King Arthur Cheesy Pan Pizza)
- This pizza dough yields one 9″ or 10″ pizza.
Assemble Pizza
Follow the assembly instructions for the (King Arthur Cheesy Pan Pizza).
Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Storing the pizza sauce
- Store the pizza sauce in a freezer safe container or freezer bags for 3 – 5 months.
- You can also store the pizza sauce in an airtight container for 3 days, but I recommend the freezer option since this recipe yields quite a bit of sauce.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 16 hours 25 minutes
- Category: pizza
- Method: Baking
Keywords: pizza, pizza sauce, homemade pizza