Summer is the most eagerly awaited time of year on the fields of the Azienda Agricola Capuano. It is during these months, when the Apulian sun helps the fruit to ripen fully, that the tomatoes develop their deepest colour, their most authentic aroma and their richest flavour.
Harvesting the tomatoes is a crucial stage in the production of tinned goods. Each tomato is carefully selected, taken straight to the factory and processed quickly to preserve its freshness, texture and quality. This meticulous care results in one of the most popular products in the range: Nonna Siba’s Tomato Sauce.
Each jar captures the authentic flavour of freshly picked tomatoes, selected directly from the farm’s fields and carefully processed to preserve all the taste of summer.
Tomato Sauce: quality stems from the summer harvest
To produce a tomato sauce with a sweet, intense and natural flavour, it all starts with the raw ingredients. The tomatoes must be harvested at just the right time, when they have reached the perfect degree of ripeness and are ready to be processed.
During the summer months, the fields become the heart of production. Harvesting is not just an agricultural process, but the first real step towards quality. Selecting ripe, healthy and fragrant tomatoes means creating the ideal conditions for producing a preserve that retains the authentic flavour of the freshly picked fruit.
Nonna Siba’s Tomato Sauce is the result of this very attention to detail: carefully selected tomatoes, processed with care and turned into a simple yet flavourful preserve.
From the field to the factory: immediate processing
One of the most important aspects of producing tomato sauce is the time that elapses between harvesting and processing. The shorter this time, the greater the chance of preserving the tomato’s natural characteristics.
For this reason, the tomatoes harvested from the fields of the Capuano Farm are taken straight to the farm, where the processing begins. Rapid processing helps to preserve the vibrant colour, intense aroma and full flavour of the raw produce.
The result is a tomato purée that retains the natural sweetness of ripe tomatoes, without losing its distinctive character. An authentic product, designed to bring a practical, versatile ingredient into the kitchen that stays true to the traditional flavour.
The sweet, rich flavour of Nonna Siba’s Tomato Sauce
In Puglia, making tomato preserves is a tradition that has been passed down through the generations. During the summer, families would turn ripe tomatoes into purées, sauces and preserves to use throughout the year.
It was a way of preserving the harvest and bringing the flavour of summer to the table, even during the coldest months. Today, this tradition lives on through products that combine rural heritage with modern production methods, ensuring quality, safety and consistent flavour.
Nonna Siba’s Tomato Sauce is born of this culture: a simple, authentic preserve with deep roots in the land.
Nonna Siba’s Tomato Sauce stands out for its sweet, intense flavour. It is a product designed for those who love authentic flavours – the kind that bring to mind home cooking and the aromas of simple dishes.
Its velvety texture makes it ideal for preparing well-balanced, flavourful sauces. It takes very little to turn it into the perfect sauce: a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, a clove of garlic, a few basil leaves, and the aroma of Mediterranean cuisine comes to life.
Each jar is designed to capture the essence of the freshly picked tomato: its natural colour, authentic aroma and full flavour. It is precisely this simplicity that makes it such a prized preserve, capable of enhancing any recipe without overpowering the other ingredients.
How to use tomato sauce in cooking
The great strength of tomato sauce is its versatility. It’s one of those products that’s a must-have in any pantry, as it allows you to prepare simple, quick and always flavourful dishes.
Its most traditional use is as a pasta sauce. With just a few ingredients, Nonna Siba’s Tomato Sauce is the ideal base for serving with spaghetti, orecchiette, rigatoni, lasagne and baked pasta dishes. Its sweet, intense flavour pairs perfectly with both simple dishes and more elaborate recipes.
It is also excellent in soups and broths, where it adds colour, body and depth to the dish. In traditional country recipes, the tomato is often the ingredient that brings everything together: pulses, vegetables, grains and stale bread are transformed into complete and flavourful dishes thanks to its presence.
Another very popular use is as a base for pizza toppings. Tomato Sauce, spread over the dough with a drizzle of oil and a pinch of oregano, gives the pizza an authentic, Mediterranean flavour.
