Todd’s Pizza Sauce

Ingredients: (* =  DON’T  ALTER)

1. 2-6 oz. cans tomato paste
2. 2 cups warm water
3. * ¾ tsp. ground Fennel seed
4. ½ tsp. oregano
5. ½ tsp. basil
6. 1 tsp. garlic powder
7. ½ tsp. onion powder
8. 1 ½ tsp. kosher salt
9. ½ tsp. course black pepper
10. 1 tbs. packed brown sugar
11. * 1 tbs. Grandma’s molasses
12. 3 tbs. grated parmesan
13. 1 tsp. cornstarch 
14. ¼ cup water 

Instructions;

Add #’s  (1 & 2) to a medium sauce pan & thoroughly whisk together .  Add #’s  (2 thru 12)  to the pan & thoroughly mix.  Place on low heat & cover (w/lid slightly ajar) & simmer for about 45 min. stirring occasionally.  Remove from heat & let stand for 2 min. while you thoroughly combine #’s (13 & 14) in a small cup & then stir into the sauce, mixing thoroughly.   Place on medium-high heat, cover & bring to a violent bubble, stirring once or twice (about 5-7 min.)  This will reduce the chance of any water separating from reconstituting the tomato paste.    

NOTE: It’s advisable to remove from heat for each stir, it’s thick & the bubbles splatter violently while over the heat.   Let sauce set for at least an hour before applying to crust.

Makes enough for 2 large Pizza's with heavy sauce or 3 modestly sauced.