This is the eggplant science you’ve been waiting for. Summer is almost over and you should make the most of it before it’s too late. ‼️ Use the very best ingredients. San Marzano tomatoes for your sauce, Vacche Rosse Cheese, and real EVOO for frying *will* make a big difference. 🍆 The eggplant Get rid of that…
Category: Danicoop, San Marzano Tomatoes
Eggplant Parmigiana
No matter how steaming hot summer days can get, nothing honors the queen of summer, eggplant, like a homemade tray of Melanzane alla Parmigiana. YES, we do fry in real extra virgin olive oil and YES, we do make our tomato sauce with San Marzano tomatoes!
The Tomato Pantry
Good Italian tomatoes are the foundation of Italian cooking. With all its particular microclimates and unique terroirs, the geographical Italian peninsula is practically designed for growing gloriously flavorful tomatoes. All Gustiamo tomatoes are harvested at their peak ripeness and preserved at their maximum flavor potential. When you buy a Gustiamo tomato, you know you are getting your…
San Marzano on TV
Yes! That’s Stanley Tucci and Zio Vincenzo together eating San Marzano tomatoes fresh off the vine in the Gustarosso fields in Sarno. It’s the premiere of CNN’s new show Searching for Italy, aired last Sunday. For the first episode, Tucci chose to explore Campania and dive into the world of real San Marzano tomatoes. If you’re…
Gustarosso Tomatoes
Gustiamo’s canned tomatoes come from DaniCoop, a cooperative of farmers based in Campania. Chefs, pizzaioli, homecooks, and tomato experts all agree: nothing compares to the tomatoes canned by Danicoop. Paolo (in the pic!) and his team at DaniCoop pack 2 types of tomatoes for Gustiamo: REAL San Marzano tomatoes and 100% Italian tomatoes. REAL SAN…
Pasta al Pomodoro
Pasta al Pomodoro is probably the most iconic Italian comfort food. It makes for a quick meal full of goodness for every day in every season. Here at Gustiamo, we cook Pasta al Pomodoro (at least) once a week. Simplicity is the key: we can never get bored of this one!
3 Tomatoes for your Pizza
There are only three tomato varieties permitted by the Naples pizza authorities when making by the book Pizza Napoletana. San Marzano, Corbarino, and Piennolo tomatoes. They are heirloom varieties, local to the Campania region, where they are hand harvested and cared for by honest and passionate farmers, who dedicate their lives to these tomatoes. San…
Welcome to the Danicoop warehouse in Sarno, Campania
Whenever we travel through Southern Italy, we never miss a chance to visit our tomato producers in Sarno, right outside of Napoli. This time we spent half a day there, to check in on the new harvest and say ciao to the whole Danicoop team. The most recent addition to the Danicoop headquarters is a…
San Marzano Day, a letter from Nicholas Blechman
We just spent some wonderful days in Sarno, Campania, for the majestic celebration of THE REAL San Marzano tomato: San Marzano Day, the tomato feast organized by DaniCoop. Obviously, we wouldn’t miss it for any reason. This year, San Marzano Day was pretty damn grand. Did you watch our IG story reportage of the day?…
An Epic San Marzano Day
July 15th, 2019 – San Marzano Day We just spent the day in Sarno, and what a day! In the gardens of San Marzano tomatoes we were in extraordinary company: more than 20 chefs and pizzaioli from all over the world walked us through tomato rows, where the San Marzano was front and center of a vibrant…