Ingredient Spotlight: Tomatoes

Ingredient Spotlight: Tomatoes

L’AQUILA’s delicious and versatile products are created from carefully selected fresh Mediterranean produce and our Ingredient Spotlight serves to highlight our favourite seasonal vegetables and their diverse usages.
 
 
Our ingredient spotlight turns this time to the much-loved tomato. Most delicious when allowed to ripen in open fields and sunny climates, bright and glossy skin conceals a fleshy and sweet centre. Tomatoes offer a huge variety and are all indispensable to the Mediterranean diet. Is it a fruit? Vegetable? It doesn’t matter to us, we will continue to chop, cook and savour this hearty staple forever.
L’AQUILA’s range of sun-dried and semi-dried roasted tomato products are sourced from the sunny Italian and Turkish countryside, where they are grown in the perfect conditions for beautiful form and flavour. Our selected tomatoes are plump and juicy when picked, then processed carefully to maintain a vibrant colour, and optimum texture. Some favourites from our range include: Marinated & Roasted San Marzano Type Sun Dried Tomato Halves, Sun Dried Tomato Paste, Premium Marinated & Roasted Semi-Dried Tomato Quarters and Sicilian Semi-Dried Cherry Tomato Halves.
 
Marinated & Roasted San Marzano Type Sun Dried Tomato Halves in Sunflower Oil
 
Our San-Marzano Type tomatoes are true to their name, famous for their sweet flavour and plump, fleshy texture. Intensified and chewy when sun-dried, their infamous aroma pairs well with fresh ingredients.
 
Quinoa, pine nut and sun-dried tomato salad 
with fresh basil and lemon vinaigrette.
 
Sun-dried tomatoes are a favourite in any good salad pot, enhancing fresh ingredients and adding a pop of colour and sophistication.
 
Sun-Dried Tomato Paste 
 
Our pastes are all to do with flavour, taking a star ingredient and boosting it’s versatility. Our sun-dried tomato paste is the perfect example of this. A rich and savoury-sweet product, perfect for bakery items, pasta, pizza and sandwiches. Why not try:
 
Sun-dried tomato paste and eggplant Bruschetta
 
A fun and flavour-focused snack best appreciated with a generous drizzle of balsamic vinegar.
 
 
Marinated & Roasted Semi-Dried Tomato Quarters in Sunflower Oil
 
Hand-picked, oven-dried and slowly roasted. These tomato quarters are uniform in quality and unparalleled in flavour. They can be used in a wide variety of dishes, adding a succulent and fleshy bite to food-to-go and a la carte dishes alike.
 
Charred broccoli, crumbled goats cheese
and roasted tomato gemelli pasta pot
 
Complimenting the decadence of these red gems, crunchy greens and earthy cheese tie together a simple but effective meal.
 
Sicilian Semi-Dried Cherry Tomatoes
 
 
Our plump cherry tomatoes are expertly cultivated and vine-ripened in the warm sun of the Sicilian countryside. Hand-picked when vivid in colour and fruity in flavour, these natural jewels are then slowly roasted and traditionally marinated to create a heavenly finished ingredient. We often eat these on their own, but why not try:
 
Tomato, cucumber and pomegranate seed tabbouleh
with plenty of fresh parsley, spring onions, and lemon juice
 
Sweet, refreshing and acidic. A healthy side dish or lunch choice, even better served with fresh baked falafel.
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