Recipe - Romero Sauce

3 Dried ancho chiles
2 lg Tomatoes
4 tablespoon Extravirgin olive oil;
divided
4 tablespoon Extravirgin olive oil;
divided
1 teaspoon Finely chopped jalapeno
chile
2 Oneinchthick slices of
white Italianstyle country
bread
1 tablespoon Chopped garlic
One fourth cup Blanched almonds; toasted &
finely ground
One fourth cup Hazelnuts; toasted, skinned
and finely ground
1 tablespoon Redwine vinegar
One half teaspoon Salt
Toasted bread

Friday someone asked about a sauce someone sold in babyfood jars I got
home & my new "Ladies Home Journal" was waiting for me inside they had
recipes "Taste of the Mediterranean" here's a recipe that sounds (and
looks) like what you may be talking about:

Spain: A classic sauce from the coastal region of Catalonia, Romesco is a
finely ground mixture of nuts, dried chiles, tomatoes, garlic and fried
bread cubes. It's a great sauce for grilled fish, pork or beef.

Soak ancho chiles in enough hot water to cover. Let stand until chiles have
softened, 20 minutes. Drain. Remove seeds and chop.

Meanwhile, heat oven to 350deg F. Place tomatoes and 2 TBS extravirgin
olice oil in an ovenproof skillet. Bake tomatoes until skins begin to peel,
15to20 minutes. Remove from sillet. Cool. Discard skins and coarsely
chop, reserving juice. Transfer tomatoes and juice to bowl.

Heat 2 TBS virgin olive oil in same skillet over medium heat. Add reserved
anchos and jalapeno. Cook until jalapeno softens, 5 minutes. Transfer chile
mix to bowl with tomatoes.

Wipe out skillet and heat remaining extravirgin olive oil over mediumhigh
heat. Add bread and cook 1 to 2 minutes per side, until oil is absorbed and
slices are golden. Cool slightly, then cut into small pieces.

Puree garlic with tomatoes mixture in blender until smooth. Add Almonds,
hazelnuts and bread; puree, scraping down the sides of blender with rubber
spatula. Add vinegar, remaining 2 TBS virgin olive oil and One half tsp salt,
blending until smooth

Makes 2 cups.

Serve with toasted bread.

Posted to CHILEHEADS DIGEST by "Bloechl, Sharen Rund"
sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com on Jul 11, 1999, converted by MM_Buster
v2.0l.