Pizza Chefs Don't Cook Their Tomato Sauce – Here's Why

Summary by Krater

Vincenzo Prosperi and guest Lucio De Falco demonstrate how to prepare authentic Neapolitan pizza tomato sauce using San Marzano tomatoes, salt, basil, and olive oil, emphasizing hand-crushing and avoiding blenders or cooking.

From the video

Answers: How do you make tomato sauce for authentic Neapolitan pizza?

• Neapolitan pizza tomato sauce preparation
• San Marzano tomato selection
• Hand-crushing tomatoes for pizza
• Balancing salt and tomato ratio

Ingredients

• 2.5 kg Italian peeled tomato (San Marzano)
• 25 g salt
• basil
• olive oil

What it concludes

• Use Italian peeled San Marzano tomatoes from the Valley of Sarno for authentic Neapolitan pizza sauce.
• Do not use a blender to process tomatoes because it liquefies seeds and introduces excess water.
• Crush tomatoes by hand or use a vegetable mill to maintain the proper coarse consistency and flavor.
• Do not cook the tomato sauce beforehand to preserve the sweet flavor of the San Marzano tomatoes.
• Add salt at a ratio of 1 gram per 100 grams of tomatoes along with fresh basil and olive oil.