Salsa Romesco

Name: Salsa Romesco
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 20 hazelnuts, roasted; 1 tablespoon wine vinegar seasoning to taste; 4 or 5 ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped; 300 ml/10 fl oz/1¼ cups olive oil; 2 green peppers, cored, seeded and sliced; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 dried red chilli

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

The New Vegetarian

By Colin Spencer

Published 1986

About

A piquant sauce that goes well with pasta or cauliflower. It can be used hot or cold and makes 2 servings.

Ingredients

300 ml/10 fl oz/1¼ cups olive oil
2

Sauce
Dinner
Spicy
Gluten-free
Vegan
Summer

Method

Heat the oil and cook the peppers, tomatoes and garlic with the chilli for 5 minutes. Grind the hazelnuts and add them to the sauce with the rest of the ingredients. Purée everything in a blender until smooth.