Tips and FAQ

Sure! In that case, you must of course take into account that the pasta can only be kept for a few days longer. The heating time in the microwave will also be shorter, what could certainly be an advantage.

You can, although we recommend to leave the pasta frozen. The quality of frozen pasta is always at its maximum by heating it from a frozen state. Also take into account that the pasta can only be kept for a few days once thawed.

That difference is minimal! The steam bags are produced in such a way that the result is very close to the pasta heated in hot water. Because you don't add water, the pasta will be a little bit drier, but you won't notice anything with a sauce on top.

Yes! We do understand that you don't just want to change your entire system without trying first. Contact us at info@dlisfood.com and we will make sure that our demonstrator comes to you with the correct samples.

You certainly can! Our pasta is always 100% cooked before freezing. This allows you to put them frozen in the steamer and heat them up to perfection in a few minutes.

That is not a problem! We prefer an "al dente" pasta as any Italian would like it, but heating the pasta a little longer will soften it. That choice is entirely yours.

This is probably freezer burn. Not such a big problem, but freezer burn is a phenomenon that occurs when the pastas have been thawed slightly and partly and then were re-frozen. This is common with freezers that open and close regularly. A solution to this is not to store the pasta in the freezer for too long, so that fluctuations in temperature do not affect the product. Preferably choose to store the pasta in a top-opening freezer or freezing room. But don't worry, freezer burn is not dangerous.

Definitely! Among our range of portion packs you can see a lot of pasta packed individually packed in a steam pouches. You can heat them in the microwave from frozen to serve a tasty fresh pasta in a few minutes.

Pasta not individually packaged ( not in a steam pouch), could in principle also be perfectly heated in the microwave. Although we still prefer the quality of the steam pouches or else, reheating the pasta in hot (95° C) slightly salted water.

At least 2 to 3 days in the refrigerator. If you can seal the doypack, you can stretch the time a bit.

Not one preservative! Thanks to the pasteurization or sterilization of our sauces, they have a long shelf life outside the fridge, and this completely without preservatives. So you don't have to worry about that shelf life, that's only an advantage.

Our sauces are completely ready-to-use and do not need to be diluted. Should one of our cheese sauces would be a bit thicker, you are always free to dilute it with some cream or milk. You can also easily personalize our sauces. After all, we have produced them according to our own wishes. If you would like to give your own touch to a particular sauce, feel free. But to be clear: simply by heating as such, you can serve them perfectly!

certainly! Most of our sauces are gluten and/or lactose free. We also have vegetarian or even vegan sauces in our range. In this matter you can contact info@dlisfood.com to receive the digital version of our sauce folder. It contains all the requested information.

Bolognese is by far the most difficult sauce! And there are 1001 different recipes for this sauce, depending on the meat, the vegetables, the seasoning, etc. With our different Bolognese sauces we deliberately want to offer a wide range of options:

• our H1 and H4 are produced with minced chicken and packed in 1 or 3 kg bags.
• our reference H22 is made with pure beef, while our H2 is a HALAL variant.
• our H38 is perhaps our most chosen Bolognese sauce in Belgium and is produced with pork meat.

Impossible to make your choice? Please feel free to contact us at info@dlisfood.com, in order to make an appointment and have you taste the different versions.

You certainly can! That is also a very understandable reaction. However, we would like to let you taste our delicious Bolognese sauces. They are also freshly prepared, but have the additional advantages that they always taste the same, are conveniently packed in 1 kg packages and can be kept for 9 to 18 months at room temperature. If one of these sauces would be close to your homemade sauce, we are convinced that we can also mean something for you for the Bolognese sauce.