I bought two Indian Meal Deals.
1. Dealcloud - Rupsha in Clifton, £16.40 for two courses of Indian cuisine for two with rice (value £32.80) expiry 02/08/2012.
2. kgbdeals - Mehak in Keynsham, £17 for a two course Indian meal for two, worth up to £46.30 at Mehak – save up to 63% expiry 7th August 2012
I made four pizza dough balls this evening, one for tonight and the remaining three went into the refrigerator. I decided, now that the pizza oven was fixed and with a new bag of Caputo flour, that I would use one of my three remaining cans of San Marzano tomatoes. One was the Annalisa brand which I had bought in the Standa supermarket in Alghero, Sardinia when on holiday there a few years ago.
The remaining two cans are Sainsburys Taste the Difference San Marzano Tomatoes. These disappered from Sainsburys shelves early in 2011. I emailed Sainsburys' customer services in June last year enquiring what was happening about them and received a reply saying that they were on hold and hadn't been discontinued. Almost a year later they are still 'on hold'.
San Marzano tomatoes are grown in the volcanic soil of the Sarnese Nocerino area between Naples and Salerno in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. The San Marzano tomato is now protected by tight rules, like many wines, cheeses and even Pizza Napoletana, obtaining the DOP (Denominazione d' Origine Protetta) label in 1996 from the European Union for the processed product. The flesh is much thicker than other plum tomatoes, with fewer seeds, and the taste is much stronger, more sweet and less acidic. San Marzano tomatoes have been designated as the only tomatoes that can be used for Vera Pizza Napoletana (True Neapolitan Pizza).
The pizza tasted amazingly better with the San Marzanos. I really must track down new supplies.
