Sfinciuni Topping

7 ingredients•Prep: 15 mins•Cook: 50 mins

Katie Parla•

January 6, 2026

Make the topping while the dough is proofing. Wait for it to cool before spreading it over your dough or it will create a watery topping. This cooked tomato-based sauce would clearly be recognized by Italians as being for this one type of Sicilian flatbread. They use raw, garlic-free tomato sauce on most other pizzas, in the islands and elsewhere.

Ingredients (7)

Extra virgin olive oil(¼ cup)
Yellow onions(2 large, thinly sliced)
Sea salt
Oil-packed anchovies(4 oz, prepared with their oil)
Garlic(2 cloves, minced)
Whole peeled tomatoes(1 28-oz can, crushed by hand)
Dried oregano(2 tsp)

Instructions

Heat the olive oil (¼ cup) in a large saucepan over medium-low heat.
When the oil begins to shimmer, add the onion (2 large), season with salt, and cook until translucent, about 20 minutes.
Reduce the heat to low, add the anchovies and their oil (4 oz), and break them up with the back of a spoon until melted into the oil.
Add the garlic (2 cloves) and cook until just fragrant, 1 minute.
Add the tomatoes (1 28-oz can) and oregano (2 tsp), season with salt, and simmer until the sauce is thick and concentrated, about 30 minutes.
Allow to cool completely before using.