Special thanks to AMORE for sponsoring this post.

There’s something about pasta in warm weather that gives me serious nostalgia for Italy. I truly think I have a huge travel bug right now and am just enjoying bringing other countries and places to me through the food I cook! I love keeping things simple and using the best ingredients I can get my hands on and I am such a fan of AMORE ‘s Double-Concentrated Tomato Paste !

It has the real essence of ripe tomatoes. Bold, vibrant, and zesty, it will bring an unmistakably authentic Italian flavor to whatever dishes you create with it. ( wonderful for pasta sauce varieties, stews, soups, and casseroles) I made a divine Rose pasta sauce for my homemade spaghetti noodles the other night and it was absolutely delightful!

All AMORE products are Non-GMO project verified. The veggie based cooking pastes are vegan friendly too. Give them a try and enjoy my delish rose sauce recipe! Scroll down for some lovely brand facts too. I know you will love reading about the lovely Mario Foah and how these lovely concentrated pastes came to be !

Rose Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

3 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil

1 medium white onion

chopped 1 tsp. red pepper flakes ( I like spice)

4 tsp . amore tomato paste

1 tsp amore garlic paste

1/3 cup vodka

1/2 – 3/4 cup heavy cream

2 tsp salt and pepper

16 oz. spaghetti pasta

Fresh black pepper, to taste

parsley to top along with other fresh herbs

You can also add Parmesan cheese !

HOW TO

In a large saute pan heat olive oil over medium heat

add onions + cook until soft, about 3-4 minutes.

Add red pepper flakes and cook for 1 minute.

Stir in both tomato + garlic paste and vodka and cream continue cooking the mixture for 5-7 minutes until slightly reduced, stirring occasionally.

Then stir in salt, and black pepper to taste.

Reduce heat to low and simmer partially covered for 20 minutes until reduced by half, stirring occasionally.

In the meantime, cook pasta in salted water according to package directions. Or if using homemade pasta boil your noodles for about 9 minutes

Drain and set aside.

AMORE has been carefully created by searching Italy for the best ingredients & through inspired conversations with chefs & Italian food lovers. In 1930, at the impressionable age of ten, Mario Foah tied on an apron and began cultivating his interest in food alongside his mother in the kitchen of their home in Naples, Italy. The oldest of five children, he loved to cook for his younger siblings. His love of the kitchen became a lifelong passion.

Many years later after he moved to New York, Mario dreamed of bringing the flavor of meals his mother cooked to a much larger audience. He started his own company, and chose AMORE as the brand name because, “Love is universal and nobody is against it.”

Mario returned to Italy often in search of great products and in 1978 discovered concentrated paste tubes made from fresh Italian ingredients. Having seen nothing like it in the USA, he knew that it was exactly the type of product that he could be proud to sell.

Give AMORE a try for all of your delicious Italian recipes!