Roasted Tomato Pizza Sauce

Use this homemade pizza sauce canning recipe to keep your pizza nights delicious and sugar-free all year round.

This simple pizza sauce recipe highlights the natural sweetness of tomatoes and skips the additional sugar found in most commercial varieties.

While getting a thick sauce can take some time, it is hands off time meaning you can still enjoy summer and not slave away in the kitchen.

Why Roast?

Roasting the tomatoes first helps bring out the natural sweetness of the tomatoes meaning additional sugar is simply not necessary.

The roasting process also convinces the tomatoes to give up some water making the cooking down process go faster. It also makes everything more flavorful.

Paste or roma tomatoes are always nice for sauce because they tend to be less watery but this recipe will work with any type coming in from the garden. Cooking time will vary to make the sauce thick but doing that in the slow cooker means time to do other things beyond standing at the stove and stirring.

Pressure Can or Freeze

I recommend pressure canning this because of the pureed onions, peppers, and garlic. Those things bring down the acidity level of the tomatoes making it iffy for water bath canning without adding some lemon juice to bring up the acidity, which I believe would change the flavor too much.

A half pint jar is usually enough sauce for a 12 to 16 inch pizza and means no waste. Pint jars would also work.

If you don’t want can, it will freeze beautifully in jars or other containers.

Slow Cooker

Use the slow cooker after the tomatoes and other veggies have been roasted to cook it done. Keep the lid off and stir occasionally. This process lets the water evaporate slowly and means that the cook doesn’t have to stir constantly or watch for scorching.

Get more tips for the great homemade pizza here.

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