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Sacla’ Pesto Review & Hamper Giveaway RRP £50

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I’m a big fan of pesto. A simple meal of plain boring dried pasta can be transformed into something magical with the addition of a good quality pesto. It is remarkably versatile – you don’t have to just use it on plain pasta; stir it through gnocchi, in soup, to top lasagne or even as a pizza sauce. Home made is always best in my humble opinion, but failing that Sacla’ comes to the rescue!

Sacla’ recently sent me a sample box including nine different flavours from their pesto and pasta sauce range to review. Yay!

Most people are familiar with the classic basil pesto made with fresh basil leaves, pine nuts and plenty of olive oil, but Sacla’ pesto comes in ten different varieties including a new wild garlic pesto and summer seasonal pesto made with roasted red pepper, mozarella and rocket.

I used half the wild garlic pesto I was sent to sample to top a grilled veggie lasagne and the other half on potato gnocchi. I am in love with this pesto and will be watching out for it in the supermarket!

Veggie Lasagna with Wild Garlic Pesto by Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary

Get the recipe for this grilled veggie lasagne with wild garlic pesto.

The summer pesto I used as a sauce for a heritage wheat wholegrain pizza with grilled vegetables. It was superb! Despite it being a healthier option pizza, deviating from the normal pepperoni and tomato based sauce and having a reluctant, sceptical family eat it there were no leftovers. I also tried their free-from (wheat, gluten and dairy free) tomato pesto on pasta and the kids asked for second helpings and when it comes to sauces this is a rare occurrence (they prefer their pasta plain).

All of the Sacla’ products are made in Italy from high quality ingredients and all of the products we’ve tried so far were delicious. I like the fact their products are made with no junk – just simple, real ingredients just like you’d make at home.

Heritage Wholegrain Pizza with Summer Pesto and Grilled Vegetables

Get the recipe for this heritage wheat wholegrain pizza with summer pesto and grilled vegetables.

The parcel also included a few of their Al Forno Bake cook-in pasta sauces. All you do is pour the contents of the jar over some dried pasta, add some water and bake in the oven. I confess to being sceptical at first but the proof was in the eating – every one of the sauces we’ve tried so far (a four Italian cheese and black summer truffle sauce and a vine-ripened tomato, creamy mozzarella and basil pesto sauce) were delicious. There were no leftovers and even my picky children cleaned their plates! The sauces can be eaten as-is with plain pasta, but each jar contains two simple delicious recipes to jazz it up a bit, if you fancy.

Look out for their products at your local supermarket. You can find them on Twitter and Facebook too.

Sacla’ would like you to try their pesto range so they are offering two of my readers the chance to win a Sacla’ Pesto Gift Hamper worth £50!

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SACLA’ HAMPER CONTENTS RRP £50

1 x Sacla’ Tea towel

1 x ‘Big Book of Pesto’

2 x Squeeze-A-Little sauces

3 x Pronto Stir-in pasta sauces

1 x Whole Cherry Tomato Paste sauce

1 x Antipasto

1 x Risotto sauce

2 x Intenso Stir-in Pasta Sauces

2 x Pesto

1 x Wicker Hamper

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How to Enter

For your chance to win one of two Sacla’ Pesto Gift Hampers enter using the Rafflecopter form below. Come back and tweet about the giveaway every day for more chances to win!

Terms & Conditions

This giveaway is open to UK entries only. Entrants must be age 18 or over. The winners will need to respond within 48 hours of being contacted; failure to do this may result in another winner being selected.

The prize is offered and provided by Sacla’. The prize is one of two Sacla’ Pesto Gift Hampers. There is no cash alternative and the prize is not transferable.

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Closing date is midnight on Monday 29 September 2014 and the winner will be announced that day.

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Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary was sent a selection of Sacla’ sauces for review. All opinions expressed are our own. This is not a paid post.

Comments

  25. I like my pasta well cooked, really soft so it almost falls apart. With a simple tomato & olive sauce. Some parmesan grated over the top. Bellisimo!

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  44. cooked with a chicken stock pot, garlic, bacon chicken and some soft cheese, salt and paper, yummy and if you use low fat cheese and cut any fat of the bacon it’s extreamly healthy too

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  50. My favourite pasta dish is lasagne, with mozzarella and plenty of it! However, recently at a food event, I tried pesto with spaghetti and Parmesan for the first time in my life and O-M-G I am hooked!

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  55. Lots of ways but my favourite is with a tomato sauce and lots of chunky mushrooms and courgettes topped with cheese

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  61. All sorts of ways. Pasta with pesto, chicken in white sauce and cheese was my go-to recipe as a ravenous student. Carbonara is delicious, as are macaroni cheese, lasagne and spaghetti bolognese. Pasta salad with spinach and pesto is tasty too.

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  67. Fresh tomato, cucumber, pepper, feta and toasted seeds. Some fresh penne tossed in pesto and all mixed in together! Delicious.

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  104. I love pasta in all different ways, but if I just want a really quick snack, I’ll make a bowl of pasta and stir in some Sacla – perfect 🙂

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  122. The favourite pasta dish in our house is my spaghetti with meatballs – which I slow cook in the oven. We are fans of Sacla though, it’s ideal for a quick mid-week meal and I always make extra as it is so useful to take as a pasta salad in lunchboxes the next day.

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  124. hot – lasagne or salmon with a light creamy sauce with tagiatelli.col-i love feta cheese, sun dried tomatoes and garlic pesto in a pasta salad with fusilli

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  139. Fresh home made pasta with home made tomato sauce ,Parmesan shavings and chopped basil …..ciabatta bread and a bottle of Barolo…..BLISS!

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  143. I have to be honest and say ‘Gluten free’ lol. However, my family really love a nice homemade lasagne with garlic bread

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  147. My Favourite way with Pasta is my Vegetarian Lasagne!I Use Soya mince or roasted vegetables with the tomato sauce,and a thick cheesy sauce topping!My Family and friends always ask me to make this for them!Thanks for your blogs I love reading them,they always cheer me up!!Thanks for this wonderful Giveaway,MMMmmmmmm X

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  156. I like to cock my pasta in some stock as it gives the pasta a great added taste! I prefer it more cooked rather than al dente

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  209. No heavy sauces. Just butter or olive oil with black pepper …. perhaps some grated cheese or Parmesan … and pesto, of course!

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  222. With fresh pesto, leaves from the garden, roast tomatoes and peppers, a glug of olive oil, and a sprinkling of parmesan cheese over the top – yum!

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  230. I always cook my pasta so it’s al dente and I love to use a range of sauces as I love to eat a variety rather than the same thing over and over.

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  236. I love pasta so many ways. My favourite is shells as the sauce gets stuck inside and you get a scrummy mouthful, yum, yum, yum. My mouth is watering just thinking about it, ha 🙂 x

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  249. I like pasta, in all shapes and forms with almost everything, well not shellfish, I’m allergic to them.
    Maura x

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  261. I love to keep pasta simple, spaghetti with olive oil, garlic and chilli is so easy and quick and so deliciously good 🙂

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  280. I need sauce of some kind with mine, whether it’s savoury mince for spag, or a cheesy sauce. I’ve not tried it with pesto – perhaps that will become a favourite.

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  285. I like it all ways! In recent years I have appreciated pasta simply with good ingredients such as garlic, kale and pine nuts or a really good tomato sauce (especially with spaghetti!)

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  290. Generayy i like to cook the little shells/ribbons – then let them get cold – and the mix with a finely cut veg/slad stuff and a nice oil based vinagerette – keeps for 2 days in the fridge and gorgeous – whack it out with som jacket potatoes and home-made mayonnaise

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  293. Wheat free preferably but I do treat myself now and again to Spinach and Ricotta cannelloni which I find irresistible.

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  296. I like my pasta lots of different ways – fave hot dish is tagliatelle in a creamy, garlicky broccoli and mushroom sauce or Cold pasta salad of pasta twists, pesto, Pinenuts, sultanas, chopped dates, apricots, watercress and rocket.

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  297. With cheese (ricotta is nice but any cheese will do), sundried tomatoes and black olives. Aaaaaaand now I’m hungry!

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  301. mmmmmm I love all types of pasta – Spag Bol, Lasagne, pasta with mushrooms and ham in a cheesy sauce – you cant beat Pasta !!!

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  306. I like my pasta with a Tomato & Basil sauce,With added cooked fresh mushrooms & a sprinkling of cheese.I have never tried peso sauce though i will have to give it a try.

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  308. I like all pasta but especially with a sweet tomato and balsamic sauce and a little bit of chilli for a bit of a kick

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  310. I like pasta any way! My favourite has to be a homemade lasagne with a tomato and onion salad and fresh baked garlic bread on the side 🙂

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  314. Lots of garlic, herbs and cheesy. I cook a tasty feta cheese pasta bake with lots of chilli! Delicious. I love Scala great for cheats and shortcuts. Fingers. Such a tasty giveaway thank you.

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  325. As long as it’s not overcooked, I like it virtually any way 🙂 But my favourite is with poached salmon, cashew nuts, olives, capers and cream. It’s delicious.

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  333. I love freshly made ravioli, and hubby does a brilliant sauce where he adds cooked chicken to it with plenty of spices…it’s so amazing, I would marry him again just for that!

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  337. I prefer the spagetti types rather than shells etc …. I love with roasted veg, prawns and creme fresh

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  350. I like it fresh with bacon, spinach, sun dried tomatoes, courgettes, peppers and sun dried tomato pesto and a bit of crème fraiche! It’s delicious!

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  370. I love it with broccoli, chilli and garlic – or with pesto, adding some chicken for some protein – I don’t think there is a way I don’t like pasta 😉

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  390. I really love creamy sauces but I don’t have them often as they’re a bit too indulgent! We have amazing tomato based sauces with lots of spice and veg. But for a simple tasty meal sometimes just stirring in Sacla green pesto is perfect!

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  405. I’m not a lover but the rest of my family have it all the time, they prefer it to traditional english meat and 3 veg, theylike every permutation, carbonara, tomato, even with salad cream and cheese

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  421. Al dente! and then there is very little I dislike.
    Favourites: with Zuccini, garlic and chilli.
    with clams, garlic and oil.. mouth watering have to stop.

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  436. We love pasta any way you can think of. I use chilli pesto with leftover roast chicken and fusilli for a quick easy meal, but canneloni or lasagne would probably be my favourites

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  439. I like mine layered with mozzarella, pepperoni, sun dried tomatoes & olives with a passata sauce over.

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  441. Lots of different ways. This week I tossed some with strips of fennel scented salami and dried oregano then stirred in a little fresh tomato sauce.

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  443. I love it all ways, Hot with cheese & bacon or as pasta bolognese or cold with chicken & bacon….i could go on

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  469. as well as spagetti bolognese we also love tuna pasta bake and also with crsips on the top when grilled for that extra crunch very yummy

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    • I don’t think there’s any way I don’t like pasta. But it’s great with pesto and some cherry tomatoes from the garden

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  497. I love mine with fresh home made-pesto, goats cheese, pancetta and cherry tomatoes with some toasted pine nuts for extra crunch!

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  546. I like my penne pasta al dente with green pesto….or lasagne….or carrot and zucchinni ribbons with fettacinni.

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  547. I mix a little melted margarine and tomato ketchup and a dollop of pesto with cooked pasta. Its very nice

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