Makes a 12 inch pizza
This sauce is so good, so smooth and so silky - you’ll wanna just drink it. It will make more than you’ll need for one pizza, so you’ll have extra for another one, pasta etc. In fact here’s the link to us using it with pasta.
Pizza dough, find the recipe here
2 tablespoons, olive oil
½ red onion, finely diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 -6 ounce can tomato paste
1/4 cup vodka
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
Kosher salt & pepper
Fresh or shredded mozzarella
A few sprinkles each of dried basil & oregano
Make dough according to directions - and while it rises, make the sauce as follows
Heat oil in a large skillet and add onion, cook until just softening about 3 minutes - add garlic
Mix until fragrant, about 45 seconds then add the tomato paste, stir in well and cook about 5 minutes
Add the vodka, mixing in and scraping the bottom of the pan as you go until it’s mostly gone
Put in the cream, red pepper flakes and paprika and stir until combined and one consistent color - season with salt & pepper and let simmer lightly a couple minutes , remove from heat and set aside'
Preheat oven to 500 or 550
Grease pan, baking sheet whatever you’re using - I just happen to make mine in a Cooking Guy 12 inch cast iron pan and spread out the dough
Top with some of the sauce and add ripped up pieces of the mozzarella ball if using, or scatter with the shredded mozz, then sprinkle with the basil and oregano
Bake until browned and beautiful, prob somewhere around 15 minutes