Pizza Sauce With Herbs

Recipe Ingredients

1 tablespoon	15ml	Olive oil
1 tablespoon	15ml	Garlic clove - finely chopped (large)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Onion - chopped (small)
28 oz	795g	Crushed tomatoes*
1/4 cup	59ml	Dry red or white wine or
1/4 cup	59ml	-- water
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Dried marjoram**
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Dried oregano**
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Dried basil**
4		Fennel seeds - crushed
1		Bay leaf (small)
		Crushed chiles - (opt'l.),, to taste
		Topping
		Cheddar - mozzarella or
		Parmesan cheese - grated

Recipe Instructions

*Use a commercially canned brand which contains tomato puree.

**Or 1 tsp. fresh herb.

Heat oil in bottom of a medium, heavy saucepan. Saute garlic and onions, stirring just to soften. Do not let color. Add remaining ingredients. Let come to the boil, then reduce heat and simmer gently, uncovered, 10 minutes. Remove bay leaf from sauce before using or freezing.

As pizza sauce, spread on prepared pizza crusts, English muffin halves or pita bread halves and top with your favorite toppings and sprinkle with grated cheddar, mozzarella or Parmesan cheese. Bake at 400F. until bubbling and cheese has melted, 10 to 15 minutes.

To use this as a tomato sauce for pasta, thin the sauce with stock or wine to desired consistency. Leftover sauce freezes well.

Yield: About 2 1/2 cups.

From "Nancy Enright's Canadian Herb Cookbook" by Nancy Enright.

Source:
Once-A-Month Cooking

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