Kezza's Chunky Pizza Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 3 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 (400 g) cans plum tomatoes, roughly chopped (or, 10 x large plum tomatoes, x's cut into the skin, then plunged into boiling water for 2 minutes,)
• 4 tablespoons tomato paste
• freshly ground salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan, on medium heat.
• 2 saute the onions and garlic until translucent, but do not allow to burn or brown.
• 3 add the herbs and saute for 1 minute.
• 4 add the tomatoes and tomato paste (and salt & pepper to taste) and simmer for 60 minutes on low heat (i use 2/6) until reduced to a thick sauce. i taste this every 10 minutes and sometimes add pepper if required.
• 5 cool, and use on your favourite pizza bases. can be used on 4 x medium bases (if you like a lot of sauce), or 6 bases if you like a thinner covering. you can also puree this with a bamix if chunky sauce isn't your thing (plus, it goes further if you puree it).