Sacla Sundried Tomato Pesto (Sacla Sundried Tomato Pesto)

Member Name: Whizz11

Product:	Sacla Sundried Tomato Pesto
Date:	14/04/08 (63 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Tastes like real Italian pesto, tasty, strong

Disadvantages: A little oily

I am a big pasta fan as it's quick and easy to make in the evening but recently got bored with the usual tomato sauce such as Dolmio that I usually put over my pasta so set out to Sainsburys to find a new sauce when I came across these great pesto sauces from Sacla. They were only £1.39 a jar so I decided to try the sundried tomato one to begin with although they do come in ten other flavours:

Classic Pesto
Organic Green Pesto
Organic Tomato Pesto
Roasted Red pepper Pesto
Wild rocket pesto
Pesto Alla Genovese
Italian Fennel Pesto
Creamy vine ripened
Char-grilled aubergine
Coriander Pesto


Basically you cook your pasta and then spoon the Sacla pesto sauce over the pesto until it is covered in the sauce and the sauce is clinging to the pasta. I find for one person I generally use a third of a 190g jar and if you have four people then the jar will be enough for all four. Depending on how stong you like your taste of pesto to be you can use more or less sauce. The taste is definitely tomatoey and also quite garlicy and strong but this is a benefit as it does boast a lovely Italian taste. All the sauces are made in Italy as well so you are guarenteed an authentic product.

The sauce is a mix of basil, Italian sun-dried tomatoes, cheese and crushed pine kernels. It is all finely chopped and quite a smooth sauce but definitely with bits in it. I do love these sauces but I do find that there are sometimes a bit too oliy for my liking, sometimes when you have half a jar left you can see a lot of the oil floating at the top but I have read that this keeps the pesto fresh so maybe that is a benefit.

Each jar has 289 calories so not bad if you only use a third or a whole jar between 4. I also find if you mix in some sweetcorn and cherry tomatoes you have a great quick, tasty meal.

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Summary: A great pasta alternative to Dolmio guarentee to bring out the Italian in your pasta