Mel's Brown Pizza Sauce

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I live about 1 hour from my favorite pizza joint, so I decided to make my own sauce recipe for the days that I can't have the real thing (because let's face it, nothing beats the real thing). After many attempts (10 full batches, to be exact) at adjusting my recipe, this is what my taste buds came up with. I hope you will give it a try and enjoy it as much as my family and I do. For the ultimate pizza experience use Brothers® pepperoni and Mozzarellissima® pizza cheese.

Brief

Prep 20 mins

Cook: 1hr30 mins

Total: 1hr50 mins

Servings: 24

Yield: 24 servings

Mel's Brown Pizza Sauce

Ingredients

4 onions

roughly chopped

or more to taste

3 stalks celery

roughly chopped

1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms

5 tablespoons minced garlic

3 (900 ml) cartons chicken broth

divided

3 (12 ounce) cans tomato paste

½ cup dried oregano

¼ cup ground black pepper

or more to taste

¼ cup white sugar

3 tablespoons celery salt

2 teaspoons basil

2 teaspoons onion powder

2 teaspoons seasoned salt

1 ½ cups vegetable oil

½ cup all-purpose flour

Four Cheese Margherita Pizza

Pizza

Directions

Step 1

Working in batches puree onions celery mushrooms and garlic and 1/4 cup chicken broth in a food processor until smooth adding more chicken broth as necessary.

Step 2

Stir vegetable puree and remaining chicken broth together in large pot; bring to a boil reduce heat to low and simmer until flavors blend about 45 minutes.

Step 3

Stir tomato paste oregano black pepper sugar celery salt basil onion powder and seasoned salt into broth mixture; bring to a boil reduce heat to low and simmer until flavors blend about 45 minutes more.

Step 4

Whisk oil and flour into tomato mixture until pizza sauce is smooth.

Nutritional Information

Mel's Brown Pizza Sauce

Servings Per Recipe:24

Calories: 201.4

% Daily Value *

Protein: 3.4g 7%

Carbohydrates: 17.1g 6%

Dietary Fiber: 3.2g 13%

Sugars: 8.8g

Fat: 14.4g 22%

Saturated Fat: 2.2g 11%

Cholesterol: 2.7mg 1%

Vitamin A Iu: 797.4IU 16%

Niacin Equivalents: 2mg 16%

Vitamin B6: 0.2mg 11%

Vitamin C: 12.4mg 21%

Folate: 20.1mcg 5%

Calcium: 62.2mg 6%

Iron: 2.6mg 15%

Magnesium: 29.3mg 11%

Potassium: 532.8mg 15%

Sodium: 1492.4mg 60%

Thiamin: 0.1mg 11%

Calories From Fat: 129.8

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.