Salsa Rossa

Name: Salsa Rossa
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 2 cups (500 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: about 3 tomatoes (480 g) Tomato; about 1½ peppers (150 g) Red Pepper; 2 cloves Garlic; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Red Wine Vinegar; 1/4 cup (60 ml) Olive Oil; pinch Calabrian (2 g) Chile; 1 tsp (6 g) Salt

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

TABLE SALSA · GRILLED MEATS & VEGETABLES

A table salsa for grilled meats & vegetables.

Michael Tusk's Italian salsa rossa for grilled meats.

On the jar

SALSA ROSSA

Method: stove
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 7

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Red Wine Vinegar 30 mlOlive Oil 60 ml

Ingredients

Tomatoabout 3 tomatoes (480 g)
Red Pepperabout 1½ peppers (150 g)
Garlic2 cloves
Red Wine Vinegar2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Olive Oil1/4 cup (60 ml)
Chilepinch Calabrian (2 g)
Salt1 tsp (6 g)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Italian-Californian chef of Michelin three-star Quince in San Francisco; James Beard Outstanding Chef 2026. Also Cotogna; produce-driven tasting menus with Italian technique.

Adapted from a Michael Tusk recipe (Quince / Cotogna Italian red sauce).

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 Quince / Cotogna Italian red sauce (published as “Salsa Rossa”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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