Amore - Italian Anchovy Paste, (2)- 1.6 oz. Tubes

This is an excellent product. It has a very pungent, genuine anchovy flavor in a convenient tube that takes up almost no space in the refrigerator and keeps for a long time, due to its high salt content; which helps preserve it.

Hard to find in your local food market, but necessary for things like Ma's Caesar salad dressing, the umami undertone you want in your Sunday meatloaf or meatballs, or a variety of incidental "you know what this needs?" moments in the kitchen. A tube kept in the fridge will probably last until the next millenium, if you use it sparingly. For a cool (cruel?) practical joke, make a faux toothpaste wrapper for it and slip it in the guest bathroom.

Arrived with no damage. The tubes are sealed from factory. You use the end of the cap to puncture the seal like a tube of ointment. No really foul odor or taste. No upset stomach. Used it with puttanesca sauce that I purchased here. Made spaghetti with Barilla Angel hair pasta and ground beef. The anchovies paste tubes are stored in the fridge.

Aside from the usual applications reviewed by many, I would like to point out an additional use.Dissolve this paste in small quantities to sauces such as spaghetti. No one will ever suspect what it is, but they will notice an added depth and complexity of flavor that is impressive.Once I discovered this I have found it broadly useful, as well as economical and long lasting.

My local store stopped stocking this stuff, so I get it on Amazon.It's a key ingredient in the pizza sauce I make every week, so I like to make sure I have a bit extra on hand. Price is fine, but with a specialty ingredient like this, the main thing is actually HAVING it in stock, which Amazon does.