Ketchup & Sauces

Excerpted from a recent review The Nibble Food Magazine…There are three varieties, all sweetened with organic agave nectar. We loved both spicy varieties: Chipotle Ketchup and Curry Ketchup. Tomato Agave Ketchup. The basic: a healthier ketchup. Chipotle Ketchup. Spiced with chipotle (smoked jalapeño) this ketchup adds something special. It won a 2010 Scovie Award as best condiment in the US. Curry Ketchup. One of Montebello’s best-selling products, Curry Ketchup has the perfect amount of curry—elegant, not intrusive. Get yours and get in the gourmet ketchup groove.

  Curry Ketchup with agave  

Made by Hand in Small Batches

Curry Ketchup reigns as one of Montebello Kitchens’ best-selling sauces to date. Hand-crafted in small batches, this unique ketchup begins with tomatoes cooked slowly to produce a delicious sauce, and then finishes off with house spices for added kick. The curry spice itself echoes flavors of the Dutch variation, served in German and Belgian foods, rather than the more commonly recognized Indian counterpart. Regardless, this special blend of fresh tomatoes and spices earns Montebello Kitchens rave reviews for what one satisfied client labels “the ketchup for grownups.”

  Chipotle Ketchup with agave 

Made by Hand in Small Batches

Oh my, with just a hint of agave sweetness and a bit of spice from the smoked jalapenos, this ketchup is an ingenuous compliment for every thing from hamburgers and French fries to omelets or eggs. A perfect match with black bean burgers. Makes a wonderful grilling sauce. Use it as the “secret ingredient” in your homemade barbecue sauce. It will add flavor and spice to just about anything you decide to use it on.

  Bang Bang Peanut Ginger Sauce 

Made by Hand in Small Batches

Peanut, lime, curry, and ginger are prominent ingredients in Thai recipes. Montebello Kitchens has created an incredible dressing, marinade and cooking sauce using these key ingredients. Think Virginia meets the Far East. Our Bang Bang Peanut Ginger dressing combines flavors that everyone is familiar with and love, yet leans towards the exotic. Traditional Thai recipes called for the pounding of the chicken to make it thin for the dish – Bang Bang was the sound that rang out of the kitchens. The smoothness of the peanut flavor and the harmonious contrast of the ginger lends it self beautifully to salads. It is also an amazing accompaniment for grilling chicken, shrimp, beef or fish. Pour it over noodles and add your favorite veggies for a healthful meal.

  Virginia Barbecue Sauce 

Sweetened with local apple butter

Barbecue cooked low and slow. The word barbecue reported is from the natives of the Caribbean “barbacoa” a method for smoking meat over coals. Also passed through the years is a cajun phrase of French origin “de barbe a queue” meaning from snout to tail. Regardless of the words origin, all barbecue today begins with Montebello Kitchens Virginia Barbecue Sauce.

Seasoned tomatoes, onions, red chilies, our house spices and apple butter makes this sauce extraordinary. We use all regionally grown apples to create our apple butter that sweetens this delightful sauce.You will not be disappointed with this sauce!