Romesco

Name: Romesco
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2½ cups (600 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: about 6½ tomatoes (1000 g) Tomato; about 40 cloves (200 g) Garlic; 50g whole almonds, peeled Almonds; 50 g Hazelnuts; 1 slice white bread, crust removed Bread; 3 tbsp sherry vinegar (45 ml) Sherry Vinegar; about 6 Tbsp (100 ml) Olive Oil; 1 dash truffle oil (2 ml) Truffle Oil; about ¼ tsp (2 g) Salt; about ¼ tsp (0.5 g) Pepper

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

CONDIMENT · HAM & GRILLED MEATS

In the published recipe, this is the condiment for ham and vegetable salad.

Robert Thompson's romesco for ham & grilled meats.

On the jar

ROMESCO

Method: blend
Yield: about 2½ cups
Ingredients: 10

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Sherry Vinegar 45 mlOlive Oil 100 mlTruffle Oil 2 ml

Ingredients

Tomatoabout 6½ tomatoes (1000 g)
Garlicabout 40 cloves (200 g)
Almonds50g whole almonds, peeled
Hazelnuts50 g
Bread1 slice white bread, crust removed
Sherry Vinegar3 tbsp sherry vinegar (45 ml)
Olive Oilabout 6 Tbsp (100 ml)
Truffle Oil1 dash truffle oil (2 ml)
Saltabout ¼ tsp (2 g)
Pepperabout ¼ tsp (0.5 g)

Where it sits

One of 161 pan sauces in the catalog, with 10 ingredients against a median of 6.

The acid here is Sherry vinegar. In this category chefs also reach for rice vinegar (15 recipes), lemon juice (12), and red wine vinegar (9).

The fat here is olive oil and truffle oil. In this category chefs also reach for butter (30 recipes) and sesame oil (10).

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

Robert Thompson works in Modern British at Winteringham Fields / The Hambrough; credentials include Michelin 1* (Winteringham Fields / The Hambrough).

Adapted from a Robert Thompson recipe (Robert Thompson / Great British Chefs).

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 Robert Thompson / Great British Chefs (published as “Romesco”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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