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A Little Taste Of Italy

June 11, 2013 by Erica Hughes 3 Comments

A Little Taste Of ItalyOver the last few weeks we’ve been having a little taste of Italy.  Tesco sent us their new range of pizza toppers and pasta sauces, so that we could try them out at home.

The Tesco Tomato & Mascarpone Pasta Sauce is made from mascapone cheese which is blended with fresh tomatoes to create a very creamy pasta sauce.  We used this in the same way that we usually use a pasta sauce: we quickly fry up some onions, peppers, mushrooms, or whatever else we have that’s suitable, then add the sauce and the cooked pasta.  This made for a hearty, quick family meal packed with vegetables.  It’s was a very tasty sauce made a little bit more special by the creaminess of the mascapone.

At the weekend my husband cooked meatballs with pasta.  He makes these quite regularly from a Jamie Oliver recipe and he used the Tesco Tomato & Vegetable Sauce for Meatballs with it.  It was a very popular combination and the sauce complemented the meatballs nicely.  In fact, they were so popular that my son has bagsied the leftovers for his dinner one night.

I often use pizza toppers when I make a homemade pizza. It’s something I tend to make with my son (and any visiting children) and I find that making my own dough (in the breadmaker), adding toppings and cooking the pizza is enough work for an after school dinner.  Hence, using pizza toppers to provide a tasty tomato sauce is a useful time saver.  Tesco offer a Tomato & Herb Pizza Topper and a Tesco Tomato & Garlic Pizza Topper, so you can ring the changes a little, or choose a sauce to match your other toppings.

 

 

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  1. Mary says

    June 12, 2013 at 1:17 pm

    Pasta sauces are a staple in our house. They’re so quick and easy and usually full of healthy vegetables. I just like to keep an eye on the fat content as that can get a bit high.

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  2. Dee says

    June 12, 2013 at 1:18 pm

    These sound good. Will look out for them next time I’m in Tescos.

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  3. Anne Wallwin says

    June 12, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    made my mouth water just reading the review!! I love pasta sauce but don’t often to go tesco. Will have to look out for them in the tesco express on the local high street.

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