
There are lots and lots of Italian sauces and pestos out there today! They are tasty, convenient and time-saving. And they all seem to be the same! The flavors just don’t have that gusto. We offer sauces and pestos with authentic, fresh taste, the kind of pesto you get at the finest restaurants. Our search for the best took us far and wide; we tried so much great pesto that we went far and got very wide!
Perfect for pasta, our Gria signature pesto can also be used as seasoning
in soups,
grilled chicken, and a variety of fish. Black olive has a strong, salty flavor
and aroma.
Pesto
Genovese, GriaFor centuries, Ligurian sailors in the spice trade would get their fill of exotic food and return anxiously to the flavors of their homeland, which centered on fresh vegetables and greens from the hillside. From those beginnings, pesto became renown for its simple intensity. Genovese style is the most traditional pesto, as it contains basil, basil and more basil! If you love the spicy, grassy flavor of basil, you’ll love this pesto!
I have always been one for fresh pesto, but when I came across this recipe
from
Minasso,
it stopped me in my tracks. When you add the combination of cashews, pecorino
cheese, a special blended olive oil to a base of Genovese, it will leave you
wanting more.
Porcini
Pate, La RustichellaFresh porcinis are almost never seen in American markets, so, essentially, there are two ways for Americans to enjoy their strong flavor and heady aroma: dried and infused. This infusion, which includes Champignon mushrooms for a more complex flavor, has all the versatility of fresh or dried porcini mushrooms – and you may even like the taste better! Try this pesto on pasta and crostini. Liven up your risotto with a shot of pesto! Or, top or stuff chicken breasts with a dab of pesto. Pesto is so easy to use and the taste is exquisite. Add a little parma cheese to your pesto for excitement!
Red
Pepper Pesto, MinassoThis one is red, but the foundation ingredients are the same as those in every quality Gria pesto: basil, extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, parmesan cheese, pine nut and garlic. The red pepper gives this pesto a slightly sharper and more piquant flavor.
For those who love the sharp/mellow flavor combination in sundried tomatoes.
This pesto is fantastic stuffed inside chicken! It’s interesting how sundried
tomatoes have become so much more popular in the States in
recent
years! In the old days, tomatoes were preserved so that the family would have
some during the winter. Of course that was before canned tomatoes were feasible.
Welcome
to Isola Imports, Inc. where your search for gourmet Italian food, confections
and giftbaskets are just the tip of the island. We specialize in the finest
of gourmet gifts and staples Italy has to offer. Gift baskets can be created
any way you would like, as a meal, a series of snacks or a collection of vinegar
and oils. We take the art of gift baskets to a level unobtained by most companies.
With the ability to import our gift baskets ingredients directly from the source
in Italy we create the freshest and highest quality gift baskets of their kind.
Please consider our wide variety of cheese, olive oil, pesto, bread, fresh and
dry pasta truffles and vinegar. Call us and we can create the perfect gift basket
or corporate gift basket for the most discriminating taste in gift baskets.
Isola
has access to the finest imported cheese from Italy, perfect for a gift basket.
We have the finest Reggiano Parmigiano cheese and parmesan cheese. You can pick
through the Spilimbergo Stagionato cheese or a variety of Pecorino cheese. Our
cheese comes to us directly from the source in Italy and is guaranteed the best
available cheese you can find without making the cheese yourself. Excellent
for a gift basket. If you are looking for a hard to find cheese or a cheese
you may not remember the name of the cheese, please contact Isola and we will
assist in finding the cheese you are looking for from Italy for a gift basket.
Our
family ties in Italy give us the best truffles available for gift baskets. We
can create gift baskets of truffle oils and vinegar's, truffle flour and polenta,
truffle pate, whole truffles, sliced truffles and truffle rice. Gift baskets
Truffle oil and truffle vinegar make an excellent accent to salads and breads.
The exquisite truffle flavor adds depth to any food not using Truffles. Unique
truffle flour and polenta are essential for making homemade truffle pastas or
breads which you can put truffle oil on as a snack or compile into a unique
gift basket. Whole truffle is excellent in soups and sauces with its creamy
texture and flavor. Sliced truffles can be tossed into rice or you can purchase
our truffle rice. We carry or can get any truffle product available for gift
baskets or to purchase individually. Please contact us if truffles sound good
to you or you would like to try a truffle product or build a truffle gift basket.
Olive
oil is the essence of cooking in Italy. We carry on average 10 different brands
of high quality extra virgin olive oil. You could create a special olive oil
gift basket for a corporate gift that will be remembered forever. The olive
oil, each brand, are taste tested before we put the extra virgin olive oil in
our store. Gift baskets with superior product leave great impressions of receiving
olive oil in a gift basket. Really good olive oil is grown organically as olive
oil was created many years ago. An olive oil gift basket is one of the finest
gift baskets you could give. Olive oil or I should say the olive branch is the
symbol for peace and what a peaceful gift basket it would be full of extra virgin
olive oil.
Vinegar
especially balsamic vinegar is another treat rarely thought of as worthy of
a gift basket. In Italy aged balsamic vinegar's are used as a topping for ice
cream. Balsamic vinegar's are sometimes aged over 100 years and would look great
in a balsamic vinegar gift basket. Balsamic vinegar is also eaten on crisp breads
and salad. Our Balsamic vinegar gift set from Vincotta has balsamic vinegar
sampler of some of the finest vinegar on the market and perfect for a gift basket.
With eight flavors of quality balsamic vinegar's to choose from you may want
them all. Or create a balsamic vinegar gift basket.
Pesto
can be shipped fresh in our gift baskets. Pesto and tapenades are great with
crisp breads and crackers all in a custom made gift basket. Gift baskets of
ready to eat food is a gift basket worth keeping. Pesto can be used on pasta
or tossed into a salad, to make a pesto salad. Our pesto is made fresh and is
shipped fresh as pesto should be. I ccan not say enough about pesto and how
great pesto is especially to be recieved in a gift basket. Pest gift baskets
can be ordered with any condiment in our store. You can have pesto and crackers
or pesto and pasta or just a pesto and tapenade gift basket.