🧾 What is it?
Otma Bolognese Ready-to-Serve Sauce 350 g is a vegetable Bolognese sauce ready for immediate consumption – a classic tomato and vegetable sauce requiring no further preparation, ideal as a base for spaghetti, lasagne, baked pasta or as an accompaniment to meat or vegetable dishes. It is gluten-free, so it is also suitable for people on a gluten-free diet.
🧪 Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients:
✔️ Onion (~37.5 %)
✔️ Water
✔️ Concentrated tomato purée (15 %)
✔️ Sugar
✔️ Rapeseed oil
✔️ Paprika
✔️ Garlic paste (garlic extract, salt, water)
✔️ Modified starch
✔️ Spices
✔️ Parsley leaves
✔️ Acidity regulator: citric
acid
✔️ Oregano (0.03 %)
✔️ Pepper concentrate (dextrose, spice extracts)
Allergens:
✔️ Gluten-free – also suitable for a gluten-free diet.
📊 Nutritional values (per 100 g)
| Nutritional component | Value |
|---|---|
| Energy | ~424 kJ / ~101 kcal |
| Fat | ~5.3 g |
| – of which saturated | ~0.5 g |
| Carbohydrates | ~11 g |
| – of which sugars | ~9.8 g |
| Protein | ~1.4 g |
| Salt | ~1 g |
| (Approximate values according to the manufacturer) |
🍴 Taste and use
✔️ Flavour: a combination of sweet-and-sour tomatoes with aromatic vegetables and spices – delicately spicy and full-bodied.
✔️ Texture: a smooth to slightly ‘grainy’ sauce with pieces of vegetable.
Recommended uses:
🍝 Pasta: mix with cooked spaghetti or penne.
🍲 Baked dishes: as a base for lasagne or baked pasta dishes.
🥩 Meat: to flavour chicken or pork when roasting or stewing.
🍛 Sauce base: for ragù, chilli or vegetable mixes.
📦 Storage
➡️ Before opening, store in a dry, dark place at room temperature.
➡️ Once opened, keep in the fridge (+4–8 °C) and use within a few days, following the instructions on the packaging.
🧠 Summary
Otma Bolognese Ready-Made Sauce 350 g is a traditional Czech gluten-free vegetable Bolognese sauce, made from tomatoes, onions, peppers and spices. It’s great as a quick pasta sauce, in baked dishes or as a base for your own variations of ragù or meat sauces.
🍝 Tip: If you want a richer flavour, add a little red wine and some dried basil or oregano to the sauce whilst heating it.