Dishing the Divine » tomato paste http://www.dishingthedivine.com Recipes for food that is simply divine Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:11:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 pizza sauce http://www.dishingthedivine.com/2010/02/18/pizza-sauce/ http://www.dishingthedivine.com/2010/02/18/pizza-sauce/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:27:36 +0000 Paula http://www.dishingthedivine.com/?p=1646

Every Wednesday, my husband’s work orders pizza, and since he’s the last one to leave work most nights, he grabs all the leftovers and brings them home so they don’t get thrown out. Generally, this is a good deal for him because pizza is one of his favorite foods and now he gets it every week. At this point, I’m wondering if he regrets the decision to take home all of last week’s pizza because he’s eaten nothing but pizza for the last 5 days. Why? Because this weekend I was taking a much needed day off work and decided that gosh darn it, I wanted pizza. And not some work leftovers either. I wanted my own delicious cornmeal crust pizza with my own delicious sauce and a personalized array of my favorite toppings arranged exactly how I like them. (I was feeling a bit selfish – can you tell? :) ) I hadn’t made pizza in ages. It was time to shred some cheese and prep some toppings. In other words, it was pizza time.

pizza sauce
taken straight from www.allrecipes.com (if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it)

1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
6 fluid ounces warm water
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons honey
3/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/8 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
salt to taste

Combine all ingredients and let rest for at least 30 minutes.

Spread on your pizza and bake!

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Instead, scoop out the rest of the tomato paste into a plastic storage container (or a glass dish covered in plastic wrap) and put that in your freezer. Next time time you need tomato paste, you can microwave it to quickly thaw it, use what you need, and throw any remaining paste back into the freezer again!

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