Romesco sauce akelare

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 Red peppers; roasted, cored and skinned
2 Tomatoes; roasted with garlic and thyme
2 ounces Ground almonds
2 ounces Ground hazelnuts
1 Clove garlic
1 tablespoon Chopped mint
1 tablespoon Chopped parsley
½ cup Sherry vinegar
¼ pint Dry sherry
1 pint Virgin olive oil

Directions

In a blender, put the peppers, tomatoes, garlic, ground almond and hazelnuts. Blend to a smooth paste.

With the blender on, slowly add the sherry vinegar and sherry, the the olive oil drop by drop. Finally incorporate the herbs and season to taste.

TIP: If the sauce is to thick, thin it down with more sherry or mineral water.

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Notes: Serves 4-6. Makes 1 litre. Submitted by Pepe Desvals at Akelare Restaurant, in San Sebastian. Modified for home use. This sauce is excellent with seafood and fish, vegetables or vegetarian dishes. It's always served cold.

>from Pat Hanneman (Kitpath) 98Mar12, a McBuster production Recipe by: Pepe Desvals at Akelare Restaurant^ Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by KitPATh <phannema@...> on Mar 12, 1998

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