Easy No-Cook Pizza Sauce is a quick pizza sauce that comes together in just minutes – made with ingredients from your kitchen pantry!
Today’s recipe is an Easy No-Cook Pizza Sauce that is absolutely fantastic! This is the sauce that we used to make yesterday’s delicious Sausage and Pepper Calzone recipe.
This Easy No-Cook Pizza Sauce comes together in minutes using ingredients that you likely have in your pantry – canned tomatoes, tomato paste, pesto, Parmesan cheese, plus seasonings, butter and extra virgin olive oil. It can be made anytime the inspiration strikes, and it’s perfect for pizza (like this, this or this), calzones, or even baked pasta!
Because this sauce gets so much of its flavor from the tomatoes, be sure to use a good-quality flavorful canned tomato like San Marzano. (We recommend either Pastene or Cento brands).
This Easy No-Cook Pizza Sauce is thick and delicious with a wonderful tomato flavor, and it’s so good, I’ve been known to eat it right out of the jar with a spoon! 😉
PrintEasy No-Cook Pizza Sauce
Easy No-Cook Pizza Sauce is a quick pizza sauce that comes together in just minutes – made with ingredients from your kitchen pantry!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 quart 1x
- Category: sauce
- Method: simmer
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 1 28–ounce can San Marzano kitchen ready ground tomatoes, (We like Pastene or Cento)
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 2 tablespoons good quality extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons jarred pesto
- 1/4 cup fresh finely grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons dry oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Pinch red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Place everything in a large bowl and stir with a whisk until well mixed.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
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This looks great. I’m going to try the Upside down Pizza tonight.
Hope you enjoy the pizza and sauce!
I made this to keep on hand for pizza bagels. This was REALLY tangy with Provolone cheese. Very grateful. Thank you.
You’re welcome Robert – glad you liked the sauce!
This is my go-to recipe for pizza, pasta, and marinara sauce. It’s quick, easy, and full of flavor. I add extra garlic and red pepper flakes for a little extra kick.
Thanks Teri – glad you are enjoying the sauce!
Looks amazing! Is there nutrition info anywhere? I couldn’t find it!
Hi Nelle – I just added the information to the bottom of the recipe card.
I would not put sugar in the sauce to keep it 100% keto
Yes – that’s fine Jill. This pizza sauce recipe was published years ago, long before Keto was so popular – and we’ve never claimed that this recipe is keto. But like any recipe, you should adapt it as needed to suit your tastes and dietary restrictions – it’s a great starting point for a homemade pizza sauce that can be used in our keto pizza.
How can this be the recipe you use in your KETO Pizza, with 2 TABLESPOONS of SUGAR in the sauce? KETO allows NO sugar. Can you substitute SWERVE instead?
Hi Wendy – OF COURSE! If you are using this recipe in the keto pizza, feel free to swap in Swerve or other sugar substitute.
This is the BEST pizza sauce ever. Thanks for sharing! It’s now our favorite even though I have been making another for 20 years. This one TOPS it by a MILE!
Wow – Thanks Mary! So glad you liked the recipe!
I’ve been making my own pizza sauce by blitzing a can of tomatoes in the blender with garlic and basil and a little olive oil, but I love all the extras you’ve added to this version… especially the pesto. Nothing like a really flavourful sauce to get your pizza started off right!
Is it weird I want to drink this? It looks so fresh and amazing!
We make pizza most Friday night, so am excited to see this recipe. I need to make a quadruple batch of this sauce and stick the leftovers in the freezer for future pizza nights.