Love the rich, basil-infused taste of fresh pizza sauce? Don’t have the time to make it from it from scratch, but find the jarred stuff overly sweet and a bit bland?

This version takes about 15 minutes to make and tastes great. It’s also a complete cheat, made with store cupboard ingredients. Such a cheat, that you probably shouldn’t show this recipe to anyone who regularly makes their own pizza sauce as it might just make them cross.

No pictures yet, but I’ll add some next time I make this.

This makes enough for 2-3 pizzas, but can be frozen for up to 3 months with no issues.

Ingredients:

500g passata

3 tsp basil pesto

1 tsp brown sugar

Method:

Place the passata in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Stir in the pesto and the sugar and allow to simmer gently for 10-15 minutes until slightly reduced. Check the taste, salt and pepper to taste. Add more pesto if wanted. If the sauce has a slightly sour taste from the tomato, add a little more sugar.

If the sauce seems to loose, allow it to cook for another 5 minutes.

That’s pretty much it!