• Add tomatoes, onion, water, salt, basil, oregano and red pepper flakes to a dutch oven/pot or large skillet. Cover and bring to a boil.
  
• Uncover and simmer, stirring occasionally until tomatoes break down fully and liquify. Be patient. This should take about an hour.
• Blend sauce with an immersion blender (should be consistency of pasta sauce at this point).
• Continue to reduce at a simmer until sauce thickens to a consistency between pasta sauce and tomato paste. This will take another 1-2 hours.
  
• Add olive oil and salt to taste
• Add more herbs or red pepper flakes if desired. Let cool and store overnight to concentrate flavors further.
  

1 hr Pizza Dough (makes 4-5 personal pizza crusts)

• To make the 1-hr dough, in the bowl of a stand mixer with a dough hook (or in a large bowl to mix by hand), add the honey and warm water and mix. Sprinkle the yeast on top and let it sit for 5-10 minutes until it begins to bloom and appear foamy.
• Next, add the oil, flour, salt and herbs and begin mixing on medium. Mix until the contents are completely incorporated and the dough forms a smooth ball around the hook (alternatively, mix by hand and knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth).
• Form the dough into a fairly tight ball and drizzle a small amount of olive oil into a large bowl. Add the dough ball to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap and set aside. Place the bowl in a warm place, such as an oven with the light on, until the dough has doubled in size (this will take about 1 hour).
• Once doubled, punch the dough down and divide into individual balls for each crust. When ready, press your dough into a round crust to your preference of thickness.

Cooking Pizza

• Using a pizza stone is your best bet for making pizza. If you have one, place the pizza stone on a rack in the upper third of your oven and set your oven temp to as high as it will go (e.g., 450°F+). Once the oven reaches the temp, continue to let the pizza stone heat for 30 minutes while you prepare your other ingredients.
• When you are ready to cook your pizza, turn your oven to broil for 5 minutes, then add your toppings to your pizza. Before putting your pizza in the oven, turn the oven back to bake at the highest temp (e.g., 450°F+) and slide the pizza right onto the pizza stone using a pizza peel.
• Bake for 5-7 minutes, or until the crust begins to brown, then turn your oven back to broil and broil for another 1-2 minutes, or until the crust browns slightly more.
• If you do not have a pizza stone, preheat your oven to the highest temp, and place your pizza on a heavy duty baking sheet or round pizza pan and bake for the recommended time above. You may need to add a few additional minutes of baking depending on your oven temp, but check your pizza at the 5-7 minute mark and add a few additional minutes as necessary before broiling for 1-2 minutes.
• Remove your pizza from the oven and add any additional toppings (e.g., parmesan) slice and serve.