Instant Pot Pizza Sauce – Made From Fresh Tomatoes

I never thought I would be able to make Pizza Sauce in the Instant Pot using fresh tomatoes.

Every recipe that calls for tomatoes, or tomato based products, always warns you to place the tomatoes on top of other ingredients.

Otherwise you will most likely get the dreaded BURN notice.

So when I was successful at making Instant Pot Pasta Sauce using fresh tomatoes, I knew that I needed to try to make Pizza Sauce.

And now, I will never make it any other way!

Fresh Tomato Recipes

Every summer, when the garden is in full production, we pick about a bushel of tomatoes every day.

We eat them fresh, put them on sandwiches, and add them to other grilled vegetables for a healthy side dish.

We also use them to make Tomato Basil Bruschetta, Cucumber, Onion & Tomato Salad, Pico de Gallo, and we even put them on our 7 Layer Mexican Dip recipe.

But when you have that many tomatoes, you have to find other uses for them.

Therefore we also make and can tomato juice, diced tomatoes, salsa, picante sauce, pasta sauce and pizza sauce.

Although it is rewarding, the process of canning can be quite cumbersome.

And in the middle of summer, when the tomatoes are ripe, it can get quite hot. The last thing that we want to do is to stand over a hot stove cooking a big pot of pizza sauce.

Therefore, we often turn to the Instant Pot for not only dinner, but also to preserve our tomatoes.

Pizza Sauce

And one of the easiest tomato recipes that you can make is Pizza Sauce.

It sounds too good to be true, but Instant Pot Pizza Sauce only requires tomatoes and spices.

No added water or chicken broth. Simply just tomatoes and spices.

And it is absolutely delicious!!!

However, there are a few quick hints to make sure that your pizza sauce turns out perfect.

Preparing The Tomatoes

First, you want to use as many paste tomatoes as possible. These are often called Roma, Amish Paste and San Marzano tomatoes.

Paste tomatoes are oblong and smaller than standard slicing tomatoes. However, they also have thicker walls which makes them ideal for making a thick pizza sauce.

But if you only have slicing tomatoes, you can certainly use them. Although your sauce may turn out a little thinner, it will still taste amazing!

No matter what type of tomatoes that you use, be sure to squeeze the juice and seeds out of them before adding them to the Instant Pot.

This will help thicken the sauce even before they cook down.

Adding The Seasonings

But the most important part of all is to add the seasonings on top of the tomatoes and DO NOT STIR.

Because we are not adding any additional liquid, the seasonings must remain off the bottom of the pot.

Otherwise, you risk getting the dreaded BURN notice.

Just sprinkle the spices on top of the tomatoes. During the cooking process, the tomatoes will begin to break down and the seasonings will get incorporated into the tomato juice.

Use an Immersion Blender

Once the cooking and natural pressure release time has expired, it is time to puree the sauce.

The easiest way to do this is by using an Immersion Blender. Although you could also transfer batches of the hot mixture to high speed blender if you didn’t have an immersion blender.

But I would highly recommend getting one instead. You can puree the mixture right in the Instant Pot.

That means less mess, less dishes, and less of a chance that you burn yourself!

First blend the mixture until the skins of the tomatoes have been pureed. Next, add the tomato paste and puree again until well incorporated.

And finally, add additional seasonings to taste and blend one last time.

The result – easy to make, homemade Pizza Sauce that you made in a fraction of the time by using an Instant Pot!

Storing Pizza Sauce

The pizza sauce can be stored in refrigerator for up to two weeks.

But you can also freeze it for up to 1 year if in an air-tight container. There is nothing better than eating something that you made from the garden in the middle of winter!

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