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Perché Ci Credo Passata 500g | Salento, Italy | FINE & WILD

Perché Ci Credo Passata di Pomodoro

Sale price£4.80
500g Salento, Italy

A traditional Salentine passata from Perché Ci Credo in Lecce, made the same day from fresh Italian tomatoes — two ingredients only, no preservatives, no concentrate, no shortcuts. The bright, sweet, sun-grown tomato character of the Salento, captured at its peak. The right starting point for every sauce that calls for passata. (308 chars — over, trim below)

Trim (296 chars): A traditional Salentine passata from Perché Ci Credo in Lecce — made the same day from fresh Italian tomatoes, two ingredients only, no preservatives, no concentrate, no shortcuts. The bright, sweet, sun-grown character of the Salento captured at its peak. For every sauce calling for passata.
Perché Ci Credo Passata 500g | Salento, Italy | FINE & WILD
Perché Ci Credo Passata di Pomodoro Sale price£4.80

A traditional Salentine passata from Perché Ci Credo — the artisan producer based in Lecce, in the heel of Puglia, working with the sun-grown tomatoes of the Salento. Two ingredients only: Italian tomatoes and salt. That is the entire recipe. No preservatives, no concentrate, no additives, no colourings, no acidulants — just whole fresh tomatoes, harvested at peak ripeness, milled and bottled the same day to capture the flavour at its absolute height. The word fresca (fresh) in the producer's own naming matters: this is passata made from fresh tomatoes rather than reconstituted from stored or partially processed product, which is almost everything else on the UK retail shelf.

The Salento is one of the great tomato-growing regions of Italy. The combination of intense southern sun, low rainfall, sea breezes from the surrounding Adriatic and Ionian, and mineral-rich soil gives Salentine tomatoes a concentration of flavour and a natural balance of sweetness and acidity that more humid Italian regions cannot match. That character — bright, sweet, deeply tomato-forward, with a clean clear finish — is what comes through in the bottle. Used as the base of any sauce that calls for passata, this is the difference between a dish that tastes of tomato and a dish that tastes of concentrate. Anyone who has cooked a sauce that started flat and disappointing and resorted to spices, sugar, butter or balsamic to compensate already knows the problem. Good passata solves it before it begins.

A serious cupboard staple from a serious producer, and the right starting point for everything from a weekday plate of pasta to a proper Sunday ragù.

Producer: Perché Ci Credo, Lecce, Salento, Puglia, Italy

Region: Salento (the heel of Italy)

Production: Made fresh from whole tomatoes, milled and bottled the same day

Ingredients: Tomatoes (Italy), salt. No preservatives, no additives, no colourings.

Net: 500g

Allergens: None

Storage: Store in a cool, dry place. Refrigerate after opening and consume within 3 days.