Comments on: Bertucci’s Pasta Sauce: A Culinary Mystery Solved

By: George

George — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:34:47 +0000

Dear Sir,

I will tell you what makes the Bertucci's sauce so good. I work in the industry that stores and transports the cases it comes in. It's real simple. And it isn't sugar. The tomatoe sauce is San Marzano tomatoes semi-crushed and they mix in fresh basil. Not oregano, not salt, and no paste. The cost is triple what you would ordinarily pay for crushed tomatoes. That is the key. Although your recipe sounds great, it's the type of tomoto you were missing.

Thanks for your time.

By: George

George — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:34:47 +0000

By: Mario Morales

Mario Morales — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:28:37 +0000

I’m surprised there’s no onions in your recipe … when you were describing sweet, yet savory, I had in mind caramelized onions. I guess you’re getting a similar effect by caramelizing the first batch of tomatoes though.

By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:20:33 +0000

You can buy Bertucci’s sauce, at the restaurant. It’s $9.99 for a huge can. Use what you need, then freeze the rest. It’s awesome. I added nothing but meatballs to the sauce.

By: Pizza Sauce Recipe

Pizza Sauce Recipe — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:36:02 +0000

Amazing not many people have the palette to be able to sort out by taste ingredients so kudos.

Relli

By: joe

joe — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:58:01 +0000

oops… You were speaking of pasta sauce… I told you the pizza sauce.. my bad

By: joe

joe — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:56:00 +0000

I can’t believe no one has ever posted the sauce. It’s common knowledge to many pizza dudes and dw’s that have worked there and there’s a lot. Get ready… ready? It’s simply one part (can) red pack to one part (can) tomato magic. I’ve cut myself many times on the cans as i must have opened thousands… pour them in 8 quart cambros.. label.. date… rotate.. viola! mystery solved.

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:49:18 +0000

Thanks for posting this! I love Bertucci’s tomato sauce but could never figure out how they made it. I can’t wait to try this!

By: Jessie_O

Jessie_O — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:07:10 +0000

God bless you… you’re brilliant!

By: leosatter

leosatter — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:55:44 +0000

Maybe you can help me out with something…? I want to order all of my food online from now on because of various reasons, but I don’t know where to go for quality food. I have tried 2 companies so far, Fresh Dining, and and Celebrity Foods, but I wanna get others I can try out. Do you know of any? The main thing I’ve ordered so far is steak. I guess you can say, I’m a steak junkie. LOL!!! From what I have found out (from what I have ordered so far) I think I am able to regulate the quality of beef I buy. I hate going to a store and getting that crappy slab of beef that I have to cut down until there is like nothing left. Hahaha!!!! (its so true though) Anyhow, sorry that I made this comment so long. If you can help me out or point me in a direction where I might find more quality foods online, I would greatly appreciate it. Have a good day or night! (depending on when you read this) LOL!!!!

By: dayngr

dayngr — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:33:04 +0000

You’ve made me want to really try this. Goodness!

By: Eban Crawford

Eban Crawford — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:15:16 +0000

Okay, gotta try this one. Sound delicious!