Raito or Raita

Red Wine Sauce with Herbs and Olives

Preparation info
  • Makes

    750 ml

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By Anne Willan

Published 1981

  • About

One of the oldest Provencal recipes, raito – like ‘tapenade’ – probably came from the Eastern Mediterranean. It is served hot with fried fish and, on Christmas Eve, with salt cod.

Ingredients

2 onions

Method

Stud one onion with the cloves; finely chop the other. Heat the oil in a heavy pan, add the chopped onion and cook over until soft but not brown. Raise the heat and cook, stirring, until the onion is lightly browned. Add the flour and cook over a low fire, stirring constantly, until bubbling. Stir in the wine, water, tomatoes, whole onion, garlic, walnuts and herbs. Bring to a boil, stirring, a