Made by hand, slowly, with no added sugar
Our no-nonsense pasta sauces are made by hand, using simple, natural ingredients and absolutely no dodgy stuff like artificial flavourings or preservatives. We cook them nice and slowly, gradually infusing the tastiest and juiciest tomatoes known to man with a delicate blend of olive oil, onions, basil and oregano. But that’s not all. The secret of our sauces (and we may now have to kill you) lies also partly in the fact that we don’t add any sugar, relying instead on pureed carrots for that extra bit of sweetness. OUR SAUCES ARE SUITABLE FOR DIABETICS, CELIACS, VEGANS AND VEGETARIANS.

THE SALT CONTENT OF OUR SAUCES IS LESS THAN 1%

Less is definitely more

We believe in using fewer ingredients but of a superior quality and in letting simple flavours speak for themselves. We don’t like sauces that overpower the pasta they are meant only to accompany. In fact, so unadulterated and natural tasting is our Truly Tomato variety that many customers simply drink it as a refreshing alternative to tomato juice! Just goes to show that once you’ve had the real thing, you suddenly realise what you’ve been missing. Our sauces come in four varieties: TRULY TOMATO (that’s your classic Italian tomato sauce with all the tricky bits done like chopping the onions and adding some basic seasoning – ideal for fussy kids and great, by the way, for hiding vegetables if mashed up with a fork or blitzed in a blender if you can be bothered); TOMATO AND MUSHROOM, SPICY TOMATO and SPICY TOMATO WITH BLACK OLIVES.

The great thing about these sauces, other than the fact that they taste truly authentic (Mrs. B spent seven years in Italy and was fed up with commercial imitations back home that were simply too rich and over processed), is their supreme versatility. They are perfect for those who don’t have the time or inclination to cook, but they also provide the perfect base for those who want to be a bit more adventurous by adapting them to their favourite recipes, adding extra ingredients of their choice, like mincemeat for a Bolognese or anchovies for a Marinara. They are the food equivalent of the little black dress – a timeless classic you can dress up or down to suit the occasion and something you can ultimately always rely on. They are also a great way of using up leftovers – how satisfying is that?

Our current range of pasta sauces Include:

• Truly Tomato
• Truly Tomato with Mushroom
• Spicy Tomato
• Spicy Tomato with Black Olive

Truly Tomato Pasta Sauce:
One of our top-sellers, this no-nonsense pasta sauce is entirely free from artificial flavourings or preservatives. We’ve done all the hard work for you, slowly and lovingly (“proprio come fa’ la mamma”) infusing the tastiest Sicilian tomatoes with a delicate blend of olive oil, garlic, onions and basil (with pureed carrot for added sweetness - absolutely no sugar, we promise!). Although the perfect base for a bolognaise, this sauce is so tasty that some of our customers can’t wait to get it onto pasta and simply mop it up with crusty bread instead! Next thing we know, they’re telling us they can speak fluent Italian (must be all that Sangiovese they wash it down with).

Truly Mushroom Pasta Sauce:
Something Mr. Toni, our sauce-maker with Roman forbears, wanted  to do, using an interesting melee of fresh mushrooms, sourced locally of course (no pun intended). So, we said in a rather bored voice “Oh, go on then” and so he did and actually, it does sell rather well, so why not try it? (Maybe even with lardons – that’s tiny cubes of  bacon to you and me).

Spicy Tomato Pasta Sauce - 
Gold Medal Winner at The Great Taste Awards 2007:

As you’d expect, this is based on our Truly Tomato Sauce, only with fresh red chillies and peppers for a bit of a kick. Nothing too fiery, mind, but just enough if you fancy doing Penne all’Arrabbiata. Incidentally, “arrabbiato” in Italian means angry, which incidentally, our sauce-maker normally is. Perhaps we should call him Mr.Angry from now on.

Spicy Tomato & Black Olive Sauce:
No explanation necessary here. It does exactly what it says on the jar. But if you’re feeling really sophisticated, you could turn this into your very own Marinara Sauce, by adding some anchovies and a tin of tuna, or any type of seafood for that matter, if you want to recreate a truly Mediterranean feel.

 

How to eat our pasta sauces:

Whilst all our sauces can be enjoyed just as they are, we do know that many of our customers enjoy adapting them to suit their personal taste, “customising” them with their own “add-ons”, transforming them into a triumphant Arrabbiata, Marinara or Bolognaise. However, we also know that the less ambitious of our Farmers’ Market customers cannot always wait to get our sauce onto their pasta (theirs or ours, I now wonder) and simply mop it up with crusty bread instead. Who are we to judge what a person gets up to in the comfort of their own home – we’re not the Pasta Police, are we?