Name: Salsa Romesco
Ingredients: 1 tsp hot smoked paprika; 2 red peppers, green bit removed, deseeded and cut into large pieces; 1 tsp salt; 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 40 g blanched almonds; 6 garlic cloves, skin on; 40 g stale bread, cut into 1 cm cubes; 3 tsp red wine vinegar; 6 large tomatoes (about 500 g), halved

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Max’s Sandwich Book

By Max Halley and Ben Benton

Published 2018

About

Like Ricky Martin in leather shorts, this sauce has sass, verve and rhythm. In Spain they serve it with meat, fish, grilled veg and especially with grilled calçots, a larger-than-life spring onion. It is also traditionally made with almonds if you have an almond tree, or bread, if you don’t. Luckily, we can go to the supermarket, so we’ve done it with both.