sauces, purees & condiments

Choose by what you want to cook

The products here serve different purposes. A pesto can coat pasta; a cheese cream can provide a rich finish; a dressing belongs with a salad or a prepared plate. Mayonnaise, ketchup, soy sauce and hummus have their own uses. Do not treat every jar as a ready-to-heat pasta sauce.

Match a pasta-friendly sauce to its shape

For a nut-led finish, try La Malva Rosa Pistacchio Pesto with Rustichella Rigatoni or Tirrena Fusilloni. For richer ribbons, consider Parmesan cream with summer truffle with La Malva Rosa Pappardelle. Use a restrained coating rather than assuming that more sauce makes a better plate.

Explore Pasta for other shapes and fillings. Our pasta shapes and sauces guide explains useful starting combinations, including simple oil or butter finishes when a jarred sauce is not needed.

Read the individual jar

Compare the exact ingredients, size and intended use. Pesto is not automatically basil pesto, and a cheese or truffle cream may be used differently from a tomato sauce. Cuttlefish ink is a cooking ingredient rather than a finished sauce. Follow the label’s storage and preparation instructions, and use the product page for the current available format and price.