Original Pizza Sauce - 12 oz

Spread it straight from the jar over homemade dough or a store-bought crust, then add your cheese and toppings and bake. Because it is seasoned with just salt and black pepper, it leaves room for the basil, oregano or garlic you like to add yourself. The jar holds 12 oz (340 g), keeps in the pantry until opened, and goes in the refrigerator once you open it. Our sauce is non-GMO.

At Terlato Kitchen, the family behind world-class wines brings the same generations of expertise, care and passion to our small-batch sauces and specialty foods. John Terlato wanted a sauce as fresh as homemade, without artificial flavors or over-complicated ingredients, so after sampling the top brands he perfected his own recipe using small-batch techniques. We believe food should be both simple and extraordinary, and shared.

Ingredients: ITALIAN TOMATOES, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, SALT, BLACK PEPPER

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Common Questions

What should I look for in a good jarred pizza sauce?
Start with the ingredient list, and our Terlato Kitchen Original Pizza Sauce is a good example of what a short one looks like: Italian tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, salt and black pepper. With only 4 ingredients, the tomatoes carry the flavor, so their quality matters most. Ours are fresh, chopped, specially curated Italian tomatoes. Many jarred sauces also list sugar, dried herbs or thickeners, so a short list gives you more control over the flavor. We keep our sauce minimally processed for the freshest taste, and it's a small-batch recipe declared non-GMO.

What's a good sauce to use on homemade pizza or a store-bought pizza crust?
Our Terlato Kitchen Original Pizza Sauce works on both homemade dough and ready-made crusts, because it's a simple tomato base of Italian tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, salt and black pepper. A 12-inch pizza usually needs about 1/3 to 1/2 cup of sauce, spread thin with a border left for the crust, so our 12 oz (340 g) jar covers roughly three to four pizzas. Too much sauce is the most common reason a home pizza turns soggy in the middle, especially on thinner store-bought crusts. Because our seasoning is just a pinch of salt and pepper, you can add oregano, basil or chili flakes to suit your toppings.

Can I use pizza sauce as pasta sauce or marinara?
Yes, and a plain sauce like our Terlato Kitchen Original Pizza Sauce is easy to adapt because it starts with only Italian tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, salt and black pepper. Pizza sauce and marinara are both tomato sauces; the usual difference is that marinara is simmered longer and seasoned with garlic, onion and herbs, while pizza sauce is kept simpler so it can cook on the pizza in the oven. To use ours on pasta, warm it in a pan and add garlic or basil if you like a marinara-style flavor. It also works as a dipping sauce for breadsticks or mozzarella sticks.

What are the ingredients in Terlato Kitchen Original Pizza Sauce, and are the tomatoes Italian?
Yes, our Terlato Kitchen Original Pizza Sauce is made with Italian tomatoes, and the full ingredient list is Italian tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, salt and black pepper. That's 4 ingredients in total. Our tomatoes are fresh, chopped and specially curated, and the sauce is minimally processed for the freshest taste. We make it non-GMO.

Does Terlato Kitchen pizza sauce need to be refrigerated?
Our Terlato Kitchen Original Pizza Sauce is shelf stable until opened, so an unopened 12 oz jar can be kept in the pantry. Once you open it, refrigerate it. Keeping the lid tight and using a clean spoon each time helps an opened jar of tomato sauce stay fresh longer.

Who makes Terlato Kitchen Original Pizza Sauce?
Our Original Pizza Sauce comes from Terlato Kitchen, the Terlato family's line of small-batch sauces and specialty foods, and it's a recipe passed down over generations. From crafting world-class wines to creating artisanal sauces, our family brings generations of expertise, care, and passion to every product. John Terlato wanted a sauce as fresh as homemade, without artificial flavors or over-complicated ingredients, so after sampling the top brands he perfected a recipe using small-batch techniques. Our first product was our Pomodoro Sauce, from an age-old family recipe. Our motto is "Food should be both simple and extraordinary, and shared".