Why on earth would anyone make pizza sauce… dry?

Because most of us have lived this story:
You open a jar of pizza sauce, use half, stick it in the fridge… and discover it again three weeks later with a fuzzy science experiment growing on top. 🙃

At Cottage Kitchen, I wanted something smarter.
Something that tastes like real pizza sauce, behaves like real pizza sauce — but lives safely in your pantry until you decide it’s pizza night.

So I built this Dry Pizza Sauce Mix.

Here’s why it works:

🍅 Flavor Starts With Real Tomatoes

Instead of crushed dried tomatoes or flakes, this mix starts with true tomato powder — fully dehydrated tomatoes that have been finely ground.
That means all the natural tomato flavor and sugars are still there… just without the water. When you add liquid back, it doesn’t just taste like tomato — it acts like tomato solids, which is exactly what pizza sauce needs.

🧪 Designed for Pizza — Not Pasta

Pizza sauce has a job to do.
It has to spread smoothly, cling to the dough, and stay put while baking.
It can’t be watery. It can’t puddle. And it can’t soak your crust.

That’s why this mix thickens before it ever hits the oven.
A gentle bit of heat activates the natural starches in the blend, creating that classic pizzeria-style consistency — the kind that coats a spoon and spreads edge to edge without sliding.

🌿 Not Just Seasoned Tomato Powder

This isn’t “sprinkle some spices into tomato paste and hope for the best.”
Every part of the mix is ground and balanced so it rehydrates as one smooth, cohesive sauce — no chunks, no separation, no watery spots.
The brick-red color and silky texture are completely intentional.

🏡 Why I Love It

You control when the sauce exists.
No waste. No fridge roulette. No preservatives.
Just a mix in your pantry and fresh pizza sauce in minutes whenever the craving hits.

That’s the Cottage Kitchen way — simple, practical, and made from scratch so your family can eat cleaner without more work.

Pizza night just got easier. 🍕

And Once You Know Why… Here’s the Easy Part

Now that you know why this sauce works the way it does, let’s talk about the part that really matters on a busy weeknight:
how simple it is to turn pantry staples into a real, from-scratch pizza — no mixer, no special skills, no stress.

This dry pizza sauce mix was designed to work hand-in-hand with our homemade pizza crust mix. One mix. One bowl. A little warm water and olive oil. That’s it.

From there, pizza night practically makes itself.

Bringing the Sauce to Life

Making the sauce is quick and intentional — just like everything else in the Cottage Kitchen.

You add warm water and a touch of oil, stir, and gently heat until the sauce thickens. In just a few minutes, that dry blend transforms into a smooth, brick-red pizza sauce with body and richness — the kind that spreads easily, clings to the dough, and stays exactly where you put it.

No watery runoff.
No soggy crust.
Just real pizza sauce, made fresh when you decide it exists.

The Crust: Simple Ingredients, Real Results

While the sauce comes together, the crust is just as straightforward.

Our pizza dough mix is built on organic unbleached flour, yeast, sugar, and salt — the same fundamentals you’d use if you were making dough from scratch yourself. When you add warm water and olive oil, the dough comes together soft and elastic, ready to knead by hand and roll out right on your countertop.

That olive oil isn’t an afterthought — it’s what gives the finished crust that classic pizzeria feel:

• golden edges
• a tender interior
• and just enough chew to hold up to sauce and toppings

No store-bought crust. No preservatives. No guessing.

Where It All Comes Together

Once the dough is rolled and resting on the pan, everything clicks.

You spread the sauce — thick, smooth, and perfectly balanced.
Add your toppings.
Slide it into the oven.

And a few minutes later, your kitchen smells like a neighborhood pizzeria… except this one came together from your pantry, with ingredients you recognize and control.

That’s the magic of these two mixes together:
they don’t replace cooking — they remove the barriers to it.

The Cottage Kitchen Takeaway

This isn’t about shortcuts.
It’s about smart prep, less waste, and having real food ready when life says “pizza sounds good tonight.”

Our mix on the pantry shelf.
A bowl on the counter.
And pizza night that feels homemade — because it is.