This simple, yet delicious homemade Neapolitan pizza style sauce is perfect for recreating your favourite pizzas at home.

Neapolitan Pizza Sauce

Made with simple ingredients including tomatoes, garlic and olive oil, this quick to prepare pizza sauce makes a smooth and flavourful base for your pizza.

To make a delicious pizza sauce, make sure you use the best quality ingredients you can find! The best tomatoes to use are the San Marzano ones.

Pizza Sauce Variations

• While in this recipe, I have heated the ingredients, if you are short on time, you can just mix all the ingredients together and use
• Add other herbs or spices can be added such as basil
• Add ½ an onion diced when you add the garlic if you wish
• If you want a super smooth sauce, blend the sauce, though this will make it slightly thinner / more runny

Storing Pizza Sauce

Store cooled sauce in an airtight container in the fridge. Use within one week.

This sauce can also be frozen. For easier use, freeze in small portions in a silicone muffin tray or a ice cube container so you only need to thaw a few blocks.

Once frozen use within two months.

Ingredients for Making Homemade Neapolitan Pizza Sauce

To make around 2 cups of pizza sauce, you will need:

• 14 oz Crushed Tomatoes
• 1 TBSP Olive Oil
• 2 Garlic Cloves, minced
• 1 tsp Dried Oregano
• ½ tsp Salt
• ¼ tsp Black Pepper
• ¼ tsp Red Pepper Flakes (Optional)

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Making Neapolitan Pizza Sauce

Pour the olive oil into a small saucepan and heat over medium heat.

Mince the garlic, add to the olive oil and sauté for 1 to 2 minutes, until fragrant.

Stir in the crushed tomatoes, oregano, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes, if using.

Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Remove from heat and let it cool slightly before spreading on your pizza dough.

Spread evenly over the pizza base, leaving room around the edge of the base. 

Add your toppings, then cook your pizza.

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Love at first bite! Chef Daniele Uditi of celebrity hot spot Pizzana in California and Texas opened a supper club in Los Angeles, California, which has amassed a waitlist of over 6,000 people.

The food expert, who is known for his tasty Neapolitan pizza loved by Jennifer Garner, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kelly Clarkson, Henry Golding, Kirsten Dunst, James Corden, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carrell, and Usher, created Le Le Dinner Club to offer an immersive dining experience for foodies. 

Uditi transformed a warehouse — located at a secret location — into an intimate dinner party scene, where diners are transported into to a space reminiscent of his home in Italy.

“I wanted to serve the same food I grew up eating. … Expect to be welcomed into a setting that recreates the feeling of a Southern Italian family home, where the grandma is in the kitchen stirring the pot and trying to feed you until you can’t eat another bite,” he tells ET.

And you certainly won’t leave hungry after enjoying a nine-course meal filled with focaccia, crudo, pasta, fish, steak, and dessert, all accompanied with specialized wine pairings from sommelier Ferdinando Mucerino. 

You might even find yourself breaking bread with stars like Tiffani Amber Thiessen and Terry Crews, who have been spotted at the eatery.

“There’s a strong sense of community because you sit at a table with other people you’ve never met. … People love it because it’s not just about the food; it’s food with a story, and you become part of that story for the night,” he explains.

Regardless of where you’re seated, you’ll see Udiiti’s culinary skills up-close and get the chance to step into his kitchen to break footlong tubes of pasta for one of his signature dishes.

“To me, everyone who comes to LELE is a celebrity. … Everything is available in front of you, and you have the freedom to not just eat, but to have a heartfelt conversation with someone who genuinely cares about making sure you’re full and happy,” he shares.

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