De' Best Pizza Sauce

Total Time: 8 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 (35 ounce) cans whole canned tomatoes (drain off all liquid)
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 1 onion, chopped
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2/3 cup red wine
• 3 -4 tablespoons italian seasoning (i prefer to add basil, thyme, rosemary, oregano, etc. separately, but this is a good simple mixture)
• 2 dried chilies, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon sugar (optional)
• salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 saute onions and garlic in oil over medium heat till onions are transparent.
• 2 add wine and let it reduce a bit.
• 3 add everything else and simmer uncovered. minimum simmering time is 1 hour but i like to let it go for as many as 8.
• 4 note:.
• 5 this should make about 1/2 gallon of sauce, but it will keep for some time (about 2 weeks in the refrigerator or may be frozen.
• 6 play around with the seasonings, the thing to remember is that a good pizza sauce by itself is quite spicy because it will be subdued by the other ingredients later.