What's the difference in ingredients between pizza sauce and spaghetti sauce?!


Question: What's the difference in ingredients between pizza sauce and spaghetti sauce!?
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The big difference between the two is the spices and ingredients and that pizza sauce is much smoother!. Here are a few recipes !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. = )

Pizza Sauce
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste 1 1/2 cups water 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced salt to taste ground black pepper to taste 1/2 tablespoon dried oregano 1/2 tablespoon dried basil 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed

Spaghetti Sauce
Tomatoes - about 20 lbs cooked down and seeds and skin removed
1/2 cups chopped onions 3 Tablespoons of oregano 2 cloves of garlic, minced 4 bay leaves 2 Tablespoons diced, fresh OR dried basil 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 cup chopped celery 2 Tablespoons chopped green peppers 1 teaspoon salt 2 Tablespoons olive oil 1/4 red wine (optional) Mushrooms up to 1 lb!. And if you like your spaghetti sauce thick, add 2 Tablespoons corn starch!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Pizza sauce is more concentrated, has more spices, and is thicker!. Because it accounts for only a small portion of the entire pizza, it has to pack some serious flavor for the amount of its spread!.

If you want a simple recipe, I found one on this website

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It tells you to use the same ingredients as the spaghetti sauce for pizza sauce, only double the tomato paste for pizza sauce!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It depends where pizza is made!. The orignial Italian one uses just PLAIN tomato sauce, the main flavors are given by cheese and different toppings!.

Spaghetti sauce starts from the tomato sauce to which herbs, garlic and other ingredients are added to give more flavor!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Pizza sauce typically is mostly tomato paste while spag sauce uses tomato sauce!. And of course the have different spices like oregano, onions, garlic and etc!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Almost none!.!.!.!.I usually use spaghetti sauce on my homemade pizza, 'cause I make a thick sauce!. Pizza sauce usually has more oregano, less sweet basil!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Just the appearance will show you that the spag sauce is more watery!.!.!.the 'za sauce is more condensed (water removed by cooking longer)!. Add in more spices and the 'za sauce rocks!

HTH!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The difference is the type of herbs you use!.!.!.!.!.!.a pizza sauce will have a lot of oregano and spaghetti sauce will have thyme & basil!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Pizza sauce is a lot more concentrated and is a bit sweeter unlike spahgetti, it is wetterWww@FoodAQ@Com





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