Romesco

Name: Romesco
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 4¼ cups (1000 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: about 6½ tomatoes (1000 g) Tomato; 6 cloves garlic Garlic; 60 g Hazelnuts; 60 g Almonds; 1/2 Tbsp Nora Pepper (7.5 ml) Nyora; about 3 Tbsp (40 ml) Sherry Vinegar; 1 cup + 2/3 cup olive oil (400 ml) Olive Oil; about ¼ tsp (2 g) Salt

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Joan Roca recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Joan Roca.

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Roca's romesco.

On the jar

ROMESCO

Method: blend
Yield: about 4¼ cups
Ingredients: 8

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Nyora 8 mlSherry Vinegar 40 mlOlive Oil 400 ml

Ingredients

Tomatoabout 6½ tomatoes (1000 g)
Garlic6 cloves garlic
Hazelnuts60 g
Almonds60 g
Nyora1/2 Tbsp Nora Pepper (7.5 ml)
Sherry Vinegarabout 3 Tbsp (40 ml)
Olive Oil1 cup + 2/3 cup olive oil (400 ml)
Saltabout ¼ tsp (2 g)

Where it sits

One of 39 nut sauces in the catalog, with 8 ingredients against a median of 8.

The acid here is Sherry vinegar. In this category chefs also reach for lemon juice (13 recipes), rice vinegar (2), and lime juice (2).

The fat here is olive oil. In this category chefs also reach for sesame oil (2 recipes) and walnut oil (2).

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Head chef of the three-Michelin-star El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, run with his two brothers; twice named best restaurant in the world.

Originally published as Salsa Romesco.

Adapted from a recipe published by Joan Roca in Cocina con Joan Roca (Planeta) via El Invitado de Invierno reprint (cross-checked with Infobae).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Cocina con Joan Roca (Planeta) via El Invitado de Invierno reprint (cross-checked with Infobae) (published as “Salsa Romesco”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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