It’s the perfectly sweet and tangy, chunky, incredible topping that sits atop each and every Lou Manati’s deep dish pizza. It’s one of the main players in the Lou Malnati’s pizza recipe that puts our deep dish above the rest.
It’s… the tomatoes!
From our “Expert Tomato Team” meeting with farmers in California to find the perfect crop, to the canning process, to the finished product hot out of the oven, join us as we go behind the scenes to see what makes Lou Malnati’s tomato sauce taste so good.
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Comments (28)
Hey Marc, can we buy Lou’s canned tomatoes?
Hello Jason! Unfortunately our cans of sauce are not available for purchase, however, you can order a container of sauce at your local Lou’s. Just call for pricing!
I would buy them, too!
What about the cheese? You talk about the dough and the tomatoes, and you mention the cheese, but not video? I’m getting hungry for one of your awesome sausage pizza’s! And I live in Florida, but the ones shipped are still awesome! Fresh from the oven!
Stay tuned, Kevin! Our cheese video is coming very soon. We love our sausage pizzas too! Glad to hear you’re a fan 🙂
We live in Huntley Illinois for six months of the year and in Green Valley Arizona for six months. When we return to Illinois in June the first thing we do is go to Lou’s for pizza. Sure miss those pizza’s. When will be able to get one in Green Valley or Tucson Arizona. Thanks for those great pizza’s and Lou’s great salad.
Is there a comparable canned tomato we can buy ?
Hi Deb, we use California vine-ripened tomatoes, and they’re one of a kind! If you’re looking for something similar, we don’t suggest any particular brand, but you can try sampling a variety of canned whole tomatoes from your grocery store to see which ones you like best! Hope that helps.
Recently learned that I cannot eat garlic or onions. Does the pizza sauce have either or both?
Hello Ellen, our pizza sauce does not contain garlic or onions.
Can we get the thin crust (non chunky) sauce on the deep dish pizza? Picky kid!
Hi Kelly! Since our chunky tomato sauce is such a crucial ingredient in our deep dish pizza recipe, we don’t substitute it, however, you can order “easy tomato sauce” on your pizza. Hope that helps!
Never a fan of tomatoes of any kind until I took my first bite of a Lou’s Deep Dish Sausage!! Tomato ecstasy! Can’t get enough of thse vine ripened beauties! We order ours with EXTRA Sauce!!
I used to live in Chicago and I miss Lou Malnati’s. It is the best pizza I have ever tasted!!!! Every ingredient tastes amazing from bottom to top!!! I wish you could bring a restaurant to Chattanooga Tennessee! Love you guys!
Are your tomatoes seasoned and cooked down to make it thick or you use chunky tomatoes right out of the can?
What type of tomatoes do you use in the salad? do they come from a can?
Hi Mary, we use fresh tomatoes in our salads. They do not come from a can.
Are your tomatoes on the Lou’s salad season with anything or do you add any other ingredients to it for the Lou’s salad
We love your crust less pizza for following a low card lifestyle – in thinking about your amazing sauce; is there a lot of sugar?
Is it possible to order extra sauce on-the-side with Ship-a-Pizza?
Answering my own question after calling them: No, it’s not possible to order pies with extra sauce or extra sauce on the side with ship-a-pizza.
Are your fresh California canned tomatoes BPA free?
The sauce is like no other, and keeps me coming back. It has an unmatched tang. A nice zip. Almost seems like there could be some cooking wine in the recipe?
What is the process of making your sauce. What’s in it? Tomatoes andddds?.
We live in St. John’s county Florida one of the fastest growing counties in the country! There are so many transplants from Chicago here and we all want Lou’s here!!!! Please consider PLEASE!!!
Does the sauce contain any dairy in it?
Wait. You are getting a pizza that has cheese (dairy) and you ask if the sauce has any dairy in it? Huh?
Thanks for the video! I expected to hear that you use San Marzano tomatoes, which have always been renowned as the go-to for Italian sauces. You never mentioned the type, but I can see that they are some other type of plum tomato. Can you disclose the type, or perhaps they vary?