Jennifer Garner’s Genius 3-Ingredient Blender Pizza Sauce

If you haven’t watched Ina Garten‘s show Be My Guest, you are missing out on some incredible celebrity cooking secrets. During the first episode of the fourth season, actress Jennifer Garner shared a shockingly easy recipe for a 3-ingredient blender pizza sauce. Garner learned this brilliant shortcut from Daniele Uditi, the master pizzaiolo behind the award-winning Los Angeles restaurant, Pizzana.

The Easiest Tomato Sauce in History

While Uditi traditionally combines the sauce ingredients by hand, Garner prefers to use a modern blender. As she joked to Garten on the show, “You won’t believe the sauce that I do… It’s cheating”. She simply dumps the ingredients into the blender and blends them for about 10 seconds. This rapid process prompted Garten to declare it “the easiest tomato sauce in history”.

The 3 Essential Ingredients

To make this authentic, master-approved pizza sauce, you only need three simple pantry staples:

• Canned Tomatoes: You will need one 28-ounce can of whole tomatoes.
• Olive Oil: A “couple of glugs” of olive oil adds richness to the sauce.
• Flaky Salt: A large pinch of flaky salt is used to properly season the mixture.

How to Make It Your Own

If you prefer your pizza sauce with a bit more complexity, this blender recipe makes a perfect base. You can easily create a broader flavor profile by adding a few extra ingredients before blending:

• A few cloves of garlic
• Fresh basil leaves
• Dried oregano
• Onion powder
• Crushed red pepper flakes

Once your simple sauce is done, you can pair it with a two-ingredient pizza dough, or use it alongside Garner’s legendary “pizza cracker”—which is pizza dough sprinkled with olive oil and herbs, then baked until it has a crisp, bubbly, cracker-like consistency.

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Jennifer Garner’s Genius 3-Ingredient Blender Pizza Sauce

Recipe by RecipesVilla

Servings

8-9

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking timeminutes

Calories

60

kcal

Ingredients

• 1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes

• A “couple of glugs” of olive oil

• 1 large pinch flaky salt

• Optional additions: cloves of garlic, fresh basil leaves, dried oregano, onion powder, or crushed red pepper flakes

Directions

• Combine the Ingredients: Dump the entire 28-ounce can of whole tomatoes into a blender. Add a couple of glugs of olive oil and a large pinch of flaky salt.
• Add Custom Spices: If you want a more complex flavor profile, add your choice of garlic, basil, oregano, onion powder, or red pepper flakes to the blender now.
• Blend: Blend the mixture for about 10 seconds.
• Serve: Use immediately on your favorite pizza dough or alongside a crisp “pizza cracker”.

Notes

• Storage: Store leftover pizza sauce in an airtight jar in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or freeze it for up to 3 months.
• Consistency Control: If you prefer a chunkier, more rustic sauce instead of a smooth purée, simply pulse the blender 3 or 4 times instead of blending continuously for 10 seconds.