Spanish-style cooked tomato sauce
Tomato sauce cooked with oil, and, depending on the recipe, onion, garlic, or a small amount of sugar. It adds body and flavour to pasta, rice dishes and stews. When choosing, it's best to compare the proportion of tomato, salt and added sugars.
What it offers and why to use it
Tomato sauce cooked with oil, and, depending on the recipe, onion, garlic, or a small amount of sugar. It adds body and flavour to pasta, rice dishes, and stews. When choosing it, it's best to compare the proportion of tomato, salt, and added sugars. Taste before seasoning and adjust the rest of the recipe to its moisture, fat, salt, or sweetness.
Profile defined by its recipe; it can concentrate salt, fat, acidity or sweetness.
From shopping to cooking
Choose
When buying fried tomatoes, check the ingredients, allergens, date, condition of the packaging, and storage conditions. Compare the salt and sugar content between different options.
Store
Follow the instructions carefully. Once opened or cooked, store properly in the refrigerator and consume within the specified time.
Prepare
Taste before seasoning and adjust the rest of the recipe to its moisture, fat, salt, or sweetness.
How to make the most of it
Good pairings
Combine according to your preferences with breads, vegetables, meats, fish, cheeses, pasta or snacks.
How to substitute it
Use a reduced tomato sauce or passata cooked with a little olive oil; adjust seasoning and sweetness to match the dish.
Recipes with spanish-style cooked tomato sauce
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