Friday, August 22, 2008

Gourmet Pasta Sauces - Add Taste To Your Snacks

Sauce up your pasta with Gourmet pasta sauces

Pasta is one of man’s most amazing creations. It comes in numerous shapes, sizes and types. What’s even better is that there are a million ways to sauce your pasta. There is the ever so refreshing pesto or the hearty meat or the Alfredo or the rural Sicilian spaghetti sauces to choose from.

If you are new to the whole concept of Italian gourmet sauces, then it can be an overwhelming experience for you. Believe me; it isn’t easy to choose a sauce from the multitude of choices purely on the basis of the external label. What makes it even more confusing is that most of the gourmet pasta sauces contain the same ingredients. So how do you make the choice?

Here’s a low down on the best of gourmet pasta sauces. Most of these sauces can be paired up with anything including pasta gnocchi or polenta.

The Red Vegetable sauce: It is called the Marinara and is undoubtedly the most famous and commonest of all pasta sauces. But it isn’t the only one. The chief ingredient in the Marinara is tomatoes. Other than this it also contains ball peppers, eggplants, garlic and a variety of spices. The marinara can be paired with all your favorite Italian dishes.

Meat Sauces: If meatballs or cured Italian meat recipes are your favorite, then meat sauces are what you need. Some of the common varieties are Sugo alla Bolognese, Fettuccine alla Badessa and Spaghetti e Pollo.

Cheese and cream: Cheese and cream are combined by Italians and the results are often sensational. If you head to southern Italy, then don’t forget to taste the Pasta di San Giuseppe and the Spaghettini di Venere. It has an amazing combination of anchovies and figs which give it a magical flavor.

There were times when one had to head to the best Italian restaurant in town to get a taste of gourmet pasta sauces. But now, these sauces are available commercially and you can purchase a bottle just about anytime and anywhere.

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