New York Style Pizza Sauce

Name: New York Style Pizza Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 2-4 12inch pizza's
Ingredients: 793.78 g can whole canned tomatoes; 14.79 ml extra-virgin olive oil; 14.79 ml unsalted butter; 2 medium garlic cloves, grated on microplane grater (about 2 teaspoons); 4.92 ml dried oregano; 0.25 ml red pepper flakes; kosher salt; 2 sprig fresh basil, with leaves attached; 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and chopped fine; 4.92 ml sugar

Submitted by Tim_John

"This creates a slightly sweet, intense tomato sauce typical of New York-style slices. It's also good served with pasta."

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Ready In:: 2hrs 15mins
Ingredients:: 10
Yields:: 2 12inch pizza's

ingredients

793.78 g can whole canned tomatoes
14.79 ml extra-virgin olive oil
14.79 ml unsalted butter
2 medium garlic cloves, grated on microplane grater (about 2 teaspoons)
4.92 ml dried oregano
0.25 ml red pepper flakes
kosher salt
2 sprig fresh basil, with leaves attached
1 medium yellow onion, peeled and chopped fine
4.92 ml sugar

directions

Process tomatoes and their juice through food mill, pulse in food processor until pureed, or puree with hand blender. Puree should not be completely smooth, but should have no chunks larger than 1/16 of an inch. Set tomatoes aside.
Combine butter and oil in medium saucepan and heat over medium-low heat until butter is melted. Add garlic, oregano, pepper flakes, and large pinch salt and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant but not browned, about 3 minutes. Add tomatoes, basil sprigs, onion halves, and sugar. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to lowest setting (bubbles should barely be breaking the surface), and cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced by 1/2, about 1 hour. Season to taste with salt. Allow to cool and store in covered container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Questions & Replies

I have two questions. The ingredients call for "1 medium yellow onion peeled and chopped fine", but the instructions report "onion halves". Should the instructions report "chopped onion"? Also, what do we do with the 2 sprigs of fresh basil when the simmering has completed? Do we remove them?

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