Meals that begin with a jar of pasta sauce | delicious. recipes

Apart from pasta dishes, the bottled or tin tomato-based sauces can be used to make a variety of meals. Here are some of the top choices.

From melt-in-the-mouth meatballs and comforting baked dinners, these meals all lean on one trusty ingredient to create out-of-this-world flavour in minutes.

The trusty bottled pasta sauces is a versatile ingredient and can be used to make many dishes.

Delicious, in conjunction with Mutti Gourmet Pasta Sauces, has created some recipes for dishes where the sauce is the star ingredient.

Chicken and tomato bake with melted brie

A tomatoey chicken and rice filling capped by a brie pie lid, this indulgent bake is for lovers of soft cheese and no-fuss cooking.

This chicken bake includes tomatoes and brie.

Lasagne al pane carasau

Layering Italian flatbread instead of traditional pasta sheets gives this lasagne its lighter texture, not to mention allows it to cook in half the time. Your trusty jar of Mutti Gourmet Pasta Sauce does most of the heavy lifting when it comes to imparting that rich, authentic flavour.

Spaghetti with meatballs and cherry tomatoes

There’s a special place in the recipe repertoire for spaghetti and meatballs – it’s the cure to so many ailments (the cold weather blues, what’s-for-dinner rut and I-need-a-hug-from-mum mopes). This version is sped up with the addition of a good quality pasta sauce – the kind that instantly adds depth.

You can't go past the trusty spaghetti and meatballs.

Parmesan veal cutlets

In this faster, lighter, more refined take on veal parmigiana, veal cutlets are crumbed, topped with prosciutto and parmesan, then dropped in a delicious, authentic pasta sauce to bubble away until golden. Dinner in under 15? Right this way

Fettuccine rigate with olives, capsicum and caramelised cherry tomatoes

Anchovies and tomatoes are the umami double punch that lends this pasta its incredibly more-ish quality. A final splash of your pantry staple Mutti Gourmet Pasta Sauce will seal the robust flavour deal.

Chicken cacciatore is a tomato-based dish.

Chicken cacciatore

This rustic Italian stew is known for its big, comforting flavours. Here, a few quality ingredients, some pantry staples and a jar of Mutti Gourmet Pasta Sauce band together to create those classic farmhouse flavours in less than an hour.

Rolled chicken breast stuffed with spinach and ricotta

Everything old is new again, which is ample reason to give this retro-leaning rolled chicken breast a spin the next time you’re hosting loved ones. The classic combo of basil, ricotta, spinach and tomato pasta sauce guarantees its timeless success.

Paprika chicken casserole

This one-pan casserole ticks the fast flavour, minimal washing up and spiced up comfort boxes with ease. The secret flavour weapon? That jar of intensely-flavoured Mutti Gourmet Pasta Sauce, with its just-picked burst of freshness, of course.

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