Product Endorsement: Mario Batali Pasta Sauce in a Jar

[thekunk07]

the other night i had left over lasagna that was too dry. this is where jarred sauce comes in handy.

 

[ChicagoRon]

Originally Posted by horton

Arrabiata is wicked easy and super fast to make. Really I would suggest doing yourself. You put some extra virgin in the pan, then red pepper flake (peccorino) and then ground tomatoes (you would buy a can of this instead of a jar) and then cook medium high to high it's done at the same time as the pasta itself. it's meant to be a fresh, fast, spicy sauce and very much comfort food (no doubt because there's a fair amount of olive oil) You serve with whole parsely leaves never cheese (if you care about authenticity) It is by far one of my favorite go to dishes when there's nothing in the fridge because you can always have good tomatoes on hand (canned are perfect) and the other stuff is always a staple. So while Mario's sounds great I would really urge to try and make this yourself. It's wicked easy and you don't make big pots of it (the big pot stuff is a convention red sauce where you cook for hours to mellow out the acidity of the tomatoes -- eg by cooking with bay leaves); this sauce is meant to be acidic but masked by the spice)
I do make my own, and it's good... but I stand by the need to keep a jar and some pasta around for emergencies. Also... pecorino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecorino) is a cheese... I believe you meant pepperoncini or crushed red pepper. I would also suggest adding some grated carrot to control the acid a bit (better for you than sugar)

 

[Douglas]

Originally Posted by why

lolwut

awesome

 

[Sebastian_Flyte]

agree with OP.

I was a bit offended by $7-$8 pasta sauce but the Batali stuff is excellent.

 

[DandySF]

I was just eating some pasta with tomato sauce when I came across this thread. Such a coincidence that the sauce I have came from Mario Batali's jar. I think it's even better than Rao's. It's probably double the cost of the other jars, but it's in a league of its own.

 

[horton]

whoops. yes obviously had wrong name