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Bertolli Mushroom Sauce
by CheekyCharlie08
I brought this sauce ages ago when Morrisons were selling all the Bertolli sauces for half price. I hadn't got round to trying it until last night when I had some pasta and wanted a nice rich sauce to mix in with it. I usually like Bertolli sauces even though they've all got a bit of a greasy taste but I didn't think this one was very ... nice at all and has got such a weird taste that it made me feel sick.
It's a tomato based sauce that has got mushrooms mixed in it, I don't know if I had a dodgy jar but there wasn't many bits of mushroom in the sauce and the flavour was pure of tomato.... and not a very NICE tomato either!
It's a mega thick sauce and all you have to do is warm it up, this takes a few minutes and then it's ready to stir through the pasta. I had a feeling I wasn't going to like it much because the sauce has got a proper funny smell, it's like those tins of chopped tomatoes with herbs you can buy but the herby smell was madly over powering and didn't make the sauce smell very nice.
The taste of mushroom isn't there at all and I thought the sauce had got a majorly sickly taste, it's rich and looks wicked but completely covered the taste of the pasta and I thought the taste was just too strong. This sauce doesn't taste greasy like a lot of the Bertolli sauces but it tastes proper basic but overmade at the same time if you know what I mean.
I didn't like it and was mega disappointed that it hadn't got a very good mushroom taste, most of the Bertolli sauces taste the same to me but at least they've all got their own flavour under the tomato. This one hasn't though and it had got such a weird and nasty flavour that I'm thinking I might have got a dodgy jar now, but am not going to try it again just in case this is what it's SUPPOSED to taste like!
Not recommended!!!!
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Bertolli Pesto Rosso
by MeganFF
Pesto is traditionally basil leaves, pine nuts and parmesan cheese, all mushed together with a drizzle of olive oil to create that green Italian sauce.
So what's in a Pesto Rosso?
If I said tomatoes, would you be surprised?? No, thought not. Kind of a give away, the colour huh.
But what else goes into red ... pesto differ from brand to brand, which is why the taste differs so much.
In the Bertollio version, it is made from the same ingredients as the traditional green pesto, but with tomatoes added. Not 'sun-dried' but normal tomatoes. And a mixture of Italian cheeses, not just parmesan. Pecarino Romano cheese and Grand Padano cheese to be precise. They also add a hint of cashew nuts, garlic and chilli.
Surprising I have to say. I can't taste the nuts or the chilli, which is a very good thing! I like neither particularly. But I do like this pesto, ten times better than the Sacla brand and the normal pesto.
What do you do with it?
Well, the obvious use would be to stir it into cooked pasta for a fast and tasty sauce. The other suggestion on the jar is to spread it on toasted ciabatta and top with cheese, then toast again. And that's almost what I use this pesto for. Pizza
I'm a frustrating foodie. I like to know what I'm eating. So it's no surprise that I'm prone to making my own pizza. Well, I can make it the thickness I like, and top it as I like, but the issue of the tomato sauce was always a hiccup until I tried this pesto. A thin layer of this pesto between the base and the topping really makes the pizza perfect.
Yum
A word of warning though, before you dash to the shops. I've struggled to find it recently. My local Tesco and Waitrose don't seem to stock Bertolli, and Sainsbury's (where I bought it originally) had an empty gap in the pesto shelf.
So, if you find a good stockist, buy a couple of jars and email me the details so I can buy up the rest! Thanks
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