Salsa Romesco
From sitbynellie 14 years ago
- - to make
- Serves 4
This is a sauce of Catalan origin, served as an accompaniment to fish. It's so long since I made it I'm guessing '4' in the servings field. Prep time is also an educated guess, as I had to keep stopping and resting the pestle wielding arm so it took me quite a while! Read more I don't see why you couldn't make it in a processor, but I'm giving the recipe as I first encountered it and made it. This version comes from Alan Davidson’s book ‘Seafood’ (with exquisite illustrations by Charlotte Knox). The hard dry biscuit referred to is ‘carquinyoli’ which is a dry almond biscuit (or ‘cookie’, as it is referred to in the US), crumbs of which are used to thicken soups and sauces. I could not find any where I live so I used an almond flavoured cookie. Hoping to make it again and post photos soon! See less
Ingredients
- 40 whole almonds, grilled (I think this is 'broiled' in US) shopping list
- 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and grilled shopping list
- a hard dry biscuit, broken up shopping list
- 2 tsps. paprika shopping list
- 1 tsp. cayenne or chilli powder shopping list
- 2 sprigs of parsley, finely chopped shopping list
- 3 grilled (broiled) tomatoes, finely chopped shopping list
- 1 tsp. wine vinegar shopping list
- olive oil to bind the sauce shopping list
How to make it
- Into a large mortar, in the sequence listed, put all the ingredients except the oil.
- Grind thoroughly to a paste with the pestle -the texture can be fine or coarse depending on preference.
- Bind with the olive oil, stirring well.
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I love romesco sauce. It is delicious on grilled bread and served with grilled or poached seafood. The almond is a subtle texture while the garlic packs a punch. Good stuff.
notyourmomma
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One of my favs...thanks for posting!
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Good!
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