Salmorreta Sauce

Name: Salmorreta Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 red onion, finely chopped; About 100 ml (3½ fl oz) olive oil; 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar; A pinch of sugar; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 350 g (12 oz) ripe but firm plum tomatoes, cut in half; ½ teaspoon red chilli flakes; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley; 1 tablespoon chopped tarragon

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Passion for Potatoes

By Paul Gayler

Published 2010

About

This sauce can be blitzed to a smooth purée, or combined roughly for a chunkier presentation.

Ingredients

350 g (12 oz) ripe but firm plum tomatoes, cut in half
½ teaspoon red chilli fla

Sauce
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Put the tomatoes on a baking tray in a single layer and place under a hot grill for 3-4 minutes on each side, until slightly charred. Carefully peel off the skin and discard the pips.

Put the chilli flakes, garlic, parsley and tarragon in a mortar and crush. Add the onion and the tomato flesh and crush again. Drizzle in enough olive oil to give a pesto-like consistency, stirring constan