Romesco

Name: Romesco
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1½ cups (350 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: about 1½ peppers (150 g) Bell Pepper; about ½ onion (80 g) Onion; 1 clove garlic Garlic; 50 g Hazelnuts; 80 g Pine Nut; 1/8 cup sherry vinegar (30 ml) Sherry Vinegar; 11 tsp olive oil (55 ml) Olive Oil; about ¼ tsp (2 g) Salt

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

CONDIMENT · GRILLED STEAK & VEGETABLES

In the published recipe, this is the condiment for tomahawk steak.

Birlo's romesco for grilled tomahawk steak.

On the jar

ROMESCO-CREM

Method: blend
Yield: about 1½ cups
Ingredients: 8

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Sherry Vinegar 30 mlOlive Oil 55 ml

Ingredients

Bell Pepperabout 1½ peppers (150 g)
Onionabout ½ onion (80 g)
Garlic1 clove garlic
Hazelnuts50 g
Pine Nut80 g
Sherry Vinegar1/8 cup sherry vinegar (30 ml)
Olive Oil11 tsp olive oil (55 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

Mitja Birlo. Swiss / fire cooking. Cited awards include: Michelin 2* (The Counter, Zürich); GaultMillau Koch des Jahres (ex-7132 Silver).

Originally published as Romesco-Creme.

Adapted from a Mitja Birlo recipe (Mitja Birlo / GaultMillau.ch (Tomahawk Big Green Egg)).

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 Mitja Birlo / GaultMillau.ch (Tomahawk Big Green Egg) (published as “Romesco-Creme”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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