There are products that are ideal for cooking certain dishes. For example, it is difficult to imagine Caesar salad without mayonnaise or Italian lasagna without flavored cheese. So is "Dolmio" - a sauce that is considered to be an excellent addition to the famous spaghetti "Bolognese" throughout the world.
Product Description
"Dolmio" - a sauce with which you can easily prepare an excellent dinner in the Italian style. It is specially formulated as an additive in order to turn ordinary pasta into a mouth-watering and very healthy dish. Just a few spoons of this fragrant mixture are enough for the taste of the finished product to change and sparkle with new colors.
"Dolmio" - a sauce prepared on the basis of tomato raw materials. And due to additional ingredients, its taste reaches full perfection. Such a product is able to decorate not only the Bolognese spaghetti. It can also be used as one of the components for making juicy meatballs, mouth-watering lasagna, rich borsch, baked fish or vegetables. In fact, this is a regular tomato sauce made from grated tomatoes. The thick consistency and rich taste of the product determine the method of its application. Just a few spoons of such an aromatic mixture is enough to significantly improve the taste of any dish.
Famous brand
Dolmio is a food product that was originally developed as a sauce for pasta and other types of pasta. The brand is owned by the famous corporation Mars Food, whose headquarters is located in the Belgian city of Brussels. Since its inception, since 1985, the company has opened offices in ten countries around the world. Now, on almost every continent, there are enterprises that produce this already popular product, with the help of which any housewife can please her family with Italian dishes. Usually "Dolmio" (sauce) is available in glass jars with metal lids. In addition, the dried mix of products is sometimes packaged in special paper bags. Before use, the contents can only be filled with water and mixed thoroughly. In Europe, the famous sauce is made in Holland and Russia, where two completely identical plants are built. They produce products on the same equipment using the same recipe and technology.
Cooking secrets
How is the famous Dolmio sauce made? The company keeps the recipe and cooking technology in strict confidence. But, judging by the information on the label, the composition of such a product includes:
- tomato paste ;
- water;
- sugar;
- bow;
- olive oil;
- salt;
- fresh tomatoes;
- lemon juice;
- spices (basil, garlic, oregano, parsley, fennel and black pepper).
Basically, this is the standard set for any tomato sauce. The peculiarity of Dolmio is that it is not usually cooked. The whole process consists of three stages:
- Pre-prepared foods are mixed in a separate container. For preservation, lemon juice is added at the end.
- The finished mass is laid out on the banks and clogged.
- The product is pasteurized and then sent for storage.
The uniqueness of such a sauce is that it completely lacks any preservatives, dyes of chemical origin, as well as products with GMOs, thickeners, stabilizers and synthetic flavorings. And the storage duration is determined solely by the features of the cooking technology.
Own opinion
Now on the shelves of almost any food store you can find Dolmio sauce. Customer reviews of this product are mostly positive. Most of them believe that this product deserves the bright epithets that are used in commercials and booklets. The product really matches all that is said about it. Admiration is worthy of one hundred percent natural composition of the original mixture, as well as the unique technology by which this sauce is prepared. It would seem that everything is very simple. There are even not quite familiar components like fennel. Nevertheless, the finished product is perfect for almost everything: pasta, buckwheat, rice or boiled meat.
With it, any dish acquires a special, incomparable taste. A good combination of source ingredients causes a huge appetite. But you can not be afraid to overeat it, because 100 grams of such an aromatic mixture contains only 48 kilocalories. In addition, its composition is ideal for vegetarians. It is not for nothing that such an attractive slogan was coined for the famous brand: “Mom Mia. Eat Dolmio. "
Composition and types of sauces
Given public opinion, it can be concluded that people really like Dolmio sauce. The composition of the product is developed by the best specialists who care about proper nutrition and human health. Products of a well-known brand take into account different tastes and preferences. The company produces products for a specific purpose:
- for pasta (without additional stewing and frying);
- for Bolognese;
- for baking (with cream and cheese);
- for salads (Pesto sauce with basil ").
There are currently several types of Dolmio tomato sauces for Bolognese:
- "Traditional". It is most often used with meat and pasta.
- "Acute".
- "Onion and Garlic."
- "With mushrooms".
- "With sweet pepper."
- "With eggplant and garlic."
- "With paprika and zucchini."
Pasta dressing sauces produce:
- “With Basil.”
- "With eggplant and garlic."
- "With olives."
- "With sweet pepper."
- "With hot pepper."
Each of them is good in its own way. The choice depends only on who is involved in the cooking process.
Do it yourself
Any housewife can prepare Dolmio sauce in her own kitchen. This is completely uncomplicated. You can even make blanks for the future (for the winter). First you need to stock up on the following products: 2.9 kilograms of tomatoes 1.5 grams of ground red pepper, 0.6 kilograms of sweet bell pepper, 1 tablespoon of salt and oregano, as well as 2 tablespoons of dried basil.
Once all the components are ready, you can begin work:
- First cut the tomatoes into slices, and then chop in a blender to a thick puree.
- Sweet pepper free from seeds and also turn into a homogeneous mass.
- Put the resulting mixture into a cauldron and put it on a big fire.
- Add the rest of the recipe.
- Cook the mass in an open bowl for an hour and a half, stirring it periodically. The product should thicken well. If the tomatoes are too juicy, then it will take a little more time.
- While the mixture is boiling, cans can be sterilized.
- Pour the finished mass into the container, seal it tightly and put it to cool, turning it upside down.
Such a sauce will be well stored both in the basement or refrigerator, and at normal room temperature.