Fill the holidays with flavor.
Make the Holidays Taste Like Home
Celebrate the season with the bold, comforting flavors of our Family Recipes Pasta Sauce collection. Perfect for hearty pastas, baked dishes, cozy weeknight meals, and crowd-pleasing holiday favorites, our sauces transform simple ingredients into moments meant to be shared.
Holiday Cooking Starts with Artisan Flavor
Our Basil Pesto, Tomato Pesto, and Pizza Sauce bring handcrafted, Italian-inspired flavor to your festive cooking. Made with premium ingredients and bold, vibrant taste, these sauces make it easy to elevate pasta dishes, holiday appetizers, flatbreads, and cozy winter favorites.
Artisan Ingredients® 101— Pick an ingredient to explore
Italian Plum Tomato
Italian plum tomatoes from the San Marzano region of Italy come from south of Naples, near Mt. Vesuvius, where the volcanic soils, abundant sunshine, and breeze from the nearby ocean all lend to creating the perfect tomatoes for pasta sauce.
COLOR
Pinkish-Red
FLAVOR & TEXTURE
Sweet and juicy
USAGE
Pasta, as a base for soup, or for dipping bread
Profile
Plum tomatoes have a mild acidity but robust flavor, and are perfect for sauces due to their low moisture content. Used mostly in cooking, they can also be enjoyed fresh.
Calabrian chili
Calabrian chilis are native to the Calabrian region on the “toe” of Italy and are prominent in Italian cooking and beyond.
COLOR
Rich, vibrant red
FLAVOR & TEXTURE
Sweet with both a spicy & fruity finish
USAGE
Pasta, to spice up a Bloody Mary or bouillabaisse
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These peppers are used not only for their sweet heat but for their unique flavor that is spicy yet fruity.
Onion
Fresh onions are indispensable in bringing flavor to sauce. Mezzetta uses only locally grown California onions in our products.
COLOR
White
FLAVOR & TEXTURE
A pungent, mildy sweet flavor with firm, crisp flesh
USAGE
Pasta, as an Italian spin on mac & cheese, in meatloaf or stuffed peppers.
Profile
Fresh onions are indispensible in bringing flavor to sauce. We use them to bring a slight sweetness and savory caramelized flavor to our rich and velvety sauce.
Garlic & Sweet Basil
Fresh Garlic & Basil are staples of Italian pasta sauces. Being based in the San Francisco Bay Area allows us to source both of these ingredients from local family-owned farms.
COLOR
White and green, respectively
FLAVOR & TEXTURE
Garlic: Pungent, spicy flavor
Basil: Sweet and savory, with hints of mint and anise
USAGE
Pasta, for braising meats, or in stews
Profile
Mellow cloves of garlic & sweet basil are blended with the finest extra virgin olive oil for a uniquely bright, fresh basil flavor and amazing aroma.
Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese
Only cheeses from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy can be called Parmigiano Reggiano, and ours is aged for 12 months before we add it to our pasta sauces.
COLOR
Natural, golden yellow
FLAVOR & TEXTURE
Sharp, nutty and savory flavor, with a slightly granular texture
USAGE
Pasta, as base for a cheese dip, or on chicken parmesan
Profile
With a nutty rich flavor, this hard, granular Italian cheese blends perfectly with Italian plum tomatoes to create pasta sauces rich in flavor and with a creamy texture.
Truffle
Truffles grow best in a humid, colder climate - the ones we use at Mezzetta are wildly grown in Northern Italy and found beneath various tree species such as willow, poplar, hazelnut and oak.
COLOR
Range from white to gray or brown
FLAVOR & TEXTURE
Rich, earthy flavor and a firm, spongy texture
USAGE
Pasta, risotto, or on seafood
Profile
Truffles are known for their pungent aroma and rich, earthy flavor. We use truffle oil along with Porcini mushrooms and cream for a mouthwatering flavor & aroma.
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Explore recipes with this ingredient
Tuscan Ribollita (Kale and White Bean Stew)
Bolognese with Pappardelle Pasta
Artichoke and Ricotta Stuffed Shells
Cioppino (Seafood Stew)
Pasta Puttanesca
Mezzetta® Bloody Mary
Bucatini All'Amatriciana
Bolognese with Pappardelle Pasta
Italian Style Pork Ribs (Rosticciana) with Fennel Slaw
Roasted Red Bell Pepper Lasagna
Napa Valley Meatballs
Chicken Parmesan Burgers
Napa Valley Meatballs
Every jar has a journey
It starts in the farms
We travel all across the globe in search of the finest possible ingredients, developing long-term relationships with local farmers. The result? The best possible products for our customers.
Next step - perfecting the product
Once our ingredients enter our factory, the real work begins. In both our test kitchens and production lines, we work tirelessly to ensure Mezzetta products are of the highest possible quality.
The seal of approval
The name Mezzetta on the jar is a promise that you're taking home the best ingredients on the planet. We check our products for quality before, during and after they've left the factory floor.
At last, a seat at the table
Ultimately, the key ingredient to a joy-filled meal is family & friends. Our products should be enjoyed the same way we've always made them - with love.
