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PROMOTION

A secret recipe
by Royal approval
If you like luxury, artisanal produce, you'll love Otófé Royal Africa
tomato sauce - as well as the history behind it

T

aken from a centuries-old recipe
belonging to the Ogwejiakpe
African royal family, Otófé
Royal Africa tomato sauce has
not only won a Vavista Eat Better award,
it is also fast becoming a cult item in the
pantries of the most devoted cooks.
Often seen as a food cupboard staple,
a good tomato sauce is anything but
'basic'. The perfect tomato sauce is, in
fact, achieving the perfect balance of
ingredients. Lesser sauces can often
leave a slightly bitter aftertaste or
metallic 'tang'. And if you've ever
tried to make your own, you'll
know how hard it is to get the
taste 'just so'.
Otófé's tomato sauce
This isn't something you have
oﬀers real beneﬁts to
to worry about with Otófé
health
and wellbeing,
Royal Africa tomato sauce,
however. Here, you won't
which is why it has
ﬁnd any artiﬁcial colours or
been awarded a
preservatives. Made from a secret
family recipe that hasn't changed in
Vavista award.
over a century, the full ﬂavour of the
gender stereotypes
ﬁnest, plumpest tomatoes bursts through
and, in the 1970s, became
with every mouthful.
the Sovereign Grand Matriarch,
Even better, it's great for everyone,
Grand High Priestess and Head of the
including vegetarians and vegans.
Ogwejiakpe African Royal Family.
As well as encouraging women to be
An extraordinary story
strong and independent (no mean feat
It's as rich in heritage as in taste and the
during this time), Otófé was passionate
sauce you can enjoy today is prepared
about food and taking the greatest care
according to the very same recipe used
with what her family and friends ate.
by Otófé herself decades ago.
Ahead of her time, eating healthily was
Otófé, the Very Worthy Lady, was a
hugely important to her.
strong woman who overcame
She learned the secret behind the
innumerable obstacles. During her
sauce from her mother back in the
lifetime, she managed to break free from
1930s and the same knowledge has
been passed down from generation to
generation and now to her great
granddaughter. Today the sauce is made
in the heart of the English countryside, in
West Sussex, but what makes this sauce
so special is it has stayed true to the
original (secret) formula.

Star quality

Tomatoes' African journey

Taste the difference
with this luxury sauce

When you think of tomato sauces, you
could be forgiven for thinking Italian.
After all, it's the ingredient at the heart
of most Italian dishes. But, in fact, Africa
should be just as famous for its tomato
production and cooking as Italy.

The Portuguese took tomatoes from
South America to Africa in the 15th
century. The Spanish took them from
South America to Europe in the 16th
century as seeds. And in a blind taste
test, this award-winning sauce actually
scored better, with one tester insisting
on triple checking the product because
she just couldn't believe it was an
African recipe and not an Italian one!

How to dine like royalty

Anunérué (pronounced anoo-nay-rooay) is an iconic dish with Otófé's Royal
tomato sauce at its heart. To prepare it,
visit otofe.com/my-dish. You'll ﬁnd a list
of the ingredients you need (including
edible gold leaf!) as well as step-by-step
instructions. Impress your guests.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Visit www.otofe.com
Email royalafrica@otofe.com
Twitter @OtofeRoyal
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