Comments on: Spaghetti sauce from a cardboard box

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:15:54 +0000

@ Mario,

PLEASE PLEASE tell me you’ve found a place that sells the delicious and succulent Orlando sauce in London. I have been looking for this amazing sauce everywhere in Europe and the only place I found something similar was the Solis sauce in Geneva. But come on….Orlando sauce is the BEST!!! I’m thinking of trying the Borough Market, there is a Spanish store, fingers crossed they’ll have my sweet Orlando tomate frito sauce…..

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:53:54 +0000

@Blanca – I’ve never seen Orlando sauce in the USA; but, you could probably find something similar… have you tried Heinz tomato sauce? I “think” they have a similar product??? (Somebody correct me if I’m wrong)

By: Blanca aguirre de carcer

Blanca aguirre de carcer — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:54:51 +0000

Want to know if you can buy Orlando tomatoe sauce is USA
I know of a lot of people they will live it and
besides they do have the “casera” which
means home made in Cristal jar awesome
wonder if we can buy it in USA?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:04:50 +0000

@Mario – I can’t believe you miss the sauce from Spain so much. I prefer the ready-made stuff from the jar, like what is sold in the USA. I haven’t got time to “make use of the vegetables and ingredients around me” haha .

By: Mario

Mario — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:23:42 +0000

Hi!
OMG! im a spanish student living in London and i have been looking for orlando tomato sauce ever since i came to live here four years ago. ( i once even brought it back with me) Its THE best thing ever! one of the things i miss the most about spain, actually. Just think of it as the better version of the canned/chopped plum tomato cans, i used it as a base for eveything ( sauces mainly) it gives it a smoother much tastier texture, specially with bolognese and roasted vegetables, the colour is beautiful too. Much nicer than the tasteless and watery canned tomato i get over here in London.
ready made jar sauces is cheating!!! come on man , you live in spain now, make use of the gorgeous vegetables and ingredients around you!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:05:40 +0000

@Brad – Yes, since posting this I have found other sauce varieties. I’ll have to give preparing my own from scratch a whirl sometime though.

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:31:35 +0000

They pack all kinds of product in Tetra packs back in North America so I’m not quite sure why you would be hung up on getting tomato sauce in one. That’s all that is in that box, tomato sauce. The same thing comes in cans and sometimes jars too.

David nailed it though, Gallo, Buitoni, and others (including the likes of Ragu I believe) can all be found in tomato, pesto, cream of mushroom, and more at Carrefour, Supercor, Hypercor, Mercadona, etc. etc.

Honestly though, why not make your own bolognaise, magarita, or similar? It’s not difficult. Fry up a little onion and garlic, ground beef or chicken, add some diced or whole canned tomatoes, some tomato paste and whatever vegetables you like with a few herbs. Doesn’t take more then 15 minutes to prepare, maybe a little longer with some simmering, and beats any canned sauce.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:56:31 +0000

@Espen – Yes, I do believe the sauce is made by Heinz. The “cuban rice” sounds good, thanks for sharing your tip!

By: Espen

Espen — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:39:42 +0000

Thanks for some good reading on a sunday Chris

As far as i’m familiar to, the orlando tomato sauce is made by Heinz (correct me if i’m wrong on that). I use it always on my “cuban rice” (cubano arroz???), where I mix rice with an slighly fried egg (the plum well intact). Toss the sauce on there and stir together, mmmmm

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:11:32 +0000

@Bjorn – Thanks for the info… I’ll have to try it next time, it sounds actually really good.