FWIW, the pizza class I attended taught by Fred Bernardo (the "Smokin Guitar Player") told us to never cook pizza sauce.
I have heard that... as it gets cooked with the pie. Supposedly a "fresher" flavor that way. I dunno... I have used my spag sauce in a pinch and it's worked out OK. Different..but good. And that sauce cooks for HOURS. Never did like a "fresh" pasta sauce...
The pizza shake is great. I'm Italian and I've worked with sauces a fair amount. I never measure anything so when people as me for a recipe I just point to my tongue. I usually start with the purée and I'll add 1/4 to 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil. How much of each ingredient I use depends on the amount of purée i start with. I'll add about 1/4 cup sugar, couple tbsp of Italian seasoning, and sweet basil, Parmesan cheese, throw some roasted garlic in. Then I'll let it simmer for a few hours to really cook down. I'm not much for watery sauce. When I made pizza a couple weeks back I put the sauce on the dough and liberally sprinkled the shake on the sauce before adding the toppings. Then I placed more shake on top just before the pizza was finished. In all I bet I used 2-3 tbsp on a 15" pizza. Man it was good!
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Wow Brian, you really did it up right. Thanks for sharing your experiment... definitely was in the plans to do something similar... now I got a good base to play with
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