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Blistered Cherry Tomato and Carrot Pizza Sauce

A sweet, jammy pizza sauce of skillet-blistered cherry tomatoes and grated carrot, simmered thick with thyme and a hint of chili.

Blistered Cherry Tomato and Carrot Pizza Sauce

Ingredients

  • 3 cups450 gCherry tomatoeshalved
  • 1½ medium80 gCarrotsfinely grated
  • 1 tbsp15 gOlive oil
  • 3 cloves9 gGarlicthinly sliced
  • 2 tbsp30 gTomato paste
  • 2 tsp2 gDried thyme
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gCrushed red pepper
  • ¼ tsp2 gSalt
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gBlack pepper

Steps

  1. Before cooking, halve the cherry tomatoes, finely grate the carrot and thinly slice the garlic.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the cherry tomatoes cut side down and cook without stirring for 4 to 5 minutes, until blistered and browned in spots.
  3. Lower the heat to medium. Add the carrot and garlic and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes until the carrot softens.
  4. Stir in the tomato paste, thyme and red pepper flakes and cook for 1 minute until fragrant.
  5. Simmer, stirring and pressing the tomatoes with the back of a spoon, for 10 to 12 minutes until thick and jammy, with little liquid left.
  6. Season with the salt and black pepper. Mash to a rustic spread or leave chunky, and cool slightly before spreading on pizza dough.

Allergens: none of the nine major allergens in the ingredients as written.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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