Romesco is a traditional Spanish sauce that is made with roasted bell peppers, tomatoes, almonds, and olive oil. It is a flavorful and versatile sauce that can be used as a dip, a condiment, or a marinade. In this article, we will explore a recipe for a delicious summer dish that combines grilled bread, spring onions, shrimp, and a vibrant romesco sauce. This dish is perfect for a light and refreshing meal or as a tapas appetizer. We will provide step-by-step instructions on how to make each component of this flavorful dish, as well as tips for selecting the best ingredients and serving the dish to impress your friends and family.
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GRILLED GARLIC SHRIMP WITH ROMESCO SAUCE
Provided by Kelsey Nixon
Time 50m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the shrimp, olive oil, sugar, pimento, salt, garlic and lemon zest. Let the shrimp marinate for 20 minutes. Preheat a grill pan over high heat. When the grill pan is hot, grill the shrimp until they are just cooked through and turning pink, about 2 minutes per side. Serve immediately with the Romesco Sauce.
- Wine suggestion for this recipe: Pinot Grigio
- In a food processor, process the toasted almonds until ground. Add the roasted red peppers, olive oil, vinegar, cayenne pepper, bread and garlic. Process until the mixture is smooth. Season the sauce with salt and pepper and transfer it to a serving bowl to serve alongside the grilled shrimp.
- Per serving (based on 6 servings):
- Calories 296
- Total Fat 18 grams
- Saturated Fat 2 grams
- Protein 22 grams
- Total Carbohydrate 10 grams
- Sugar: 4 grams
- Fiber 1 gram
- Cholesterol 191 milligrams
- Sodium 1397 milligrams
GRILLED SHRIMP SKEWERS WITH ROMESCO SAUCE
Provided by Valerie Bertinelli
Categories main-dish
Time 55m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- For the romesco sauce: Heat the olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the almonds and cook, stirring often, until golden, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until pale golden and fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the smoked paprika and stir for 30 seconds. Transfer to a blender. Add the red peppers, vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon salt and blend until almost smooth. Transfer to a bowl and cool to room temperature. The romesco sauce can be made up to 1 day ahead and kept refrigerated.
- For the shrimp skewers: Toss the shrimp with the lemon zest, garlic, 1 tablespoon of the oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste in a bowl. Thread 3 shrimp onto each skewer. Toss the green onions in a bowl with the remaining 1 tablespoon oil and a pinch of salt.
- Heat a grill or grill pan over medium-high heat. Grill the green onions, turning occasionally, until wilted and charred, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter. Grill the shrimp skewers, turning once, until just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Place the skewers on the platter with the onions and serve with the romesco sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 375, Fat 28 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Cholesterol 183 milligrams, Sodium 208 milligrams, Carbohydrate 10 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 26 grams, Sugar 5 grams
ROMESCO SAUCE
Romesco is a rich Spanish sauce of charred tomatoes and roasted red peppers, puréed and thickened with toasted almonds and bread. The flavors are further sharpened with the addition of raw garlic, vinegar, chile powder or red pepper flakes (adjust the heat to your liking). The result is a smoky, pungent sauce, one usually served with mild-mannered vegetables and fish. (Some Spaniards say that a grilled vegetable feast is just an excuse for eating romesco.) But the sauce is just as good on a piece of toast that's been brushed with olive oil and rubbed with yet more garlic. If you have the time, let the sauce stand for an hour at room temperature before serving, allowing the flavors to meld all the more.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Categories brunch, dinner, lunch, appetizer, main course, side dish
Time 30m
Yield About 2 cups
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the broiler and cover a baking sheet with foil. Place the tomatoes on the baking sheet, and place under the broiler at the highest setting. Broil for two to four minutes, until charred on one side. Turn over and broil on the other side for two to four minutes until charred. Remove from the heat, transfer to a bowl and allow to cool. Peel and core.
- Turn on a food processor fitted with the steel blade and drop in the garlic cloves. When the garlic is chopped and adheres to the sides of the bowl, stop the machine and scrape down the sides. Add the toasted almonds (or almonds and hazelnuts), bread and chile powder or flakes to the bowl and process to a paste.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the pepper, tomatoes, parsley, paprika, salt and pepper. Process until smooth, and with the machine running, add the vinegar and olive oil in a slow stream, beginning with the smaller amount of olive oil and thinning out as desired. Process until well amalgamated, then scrape into a bowl.
- Taste and adjust seasoning, adding salt or chile as desired. If possible, allow the sauce to stand for an hour at room temperature before using. Serve with fish and/or grilled vegetables, or on crostini.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 416, UnsaturatedFat 33 grams, Carbohydrate 15 grams, Fat 39 grams, Fiber 5 grams, Protein 6 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 485 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams, TransFat 0 grams
ROMESCO WITH GRILLED BREAD, SPRING ONIONS AND SHRIMP
Steps:
- 1. Heat a grill over medium heat. Toss the shrimp and the onions with a little olive oil and a sprinkling of salt; brush the bread with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. 2. Grill the onions until the bulbs are tender and with good grill marks and the green parts are somewhat charred, several minutes. Rotate the onions occasionally with tongs for even grilling. Set aside. 3. Clean the surface of the grill and cook the shrimp next, rotating for even grilling just until the flesh is opaque and firm. 4. Clean the surface of the grill and grill the bread, rotating for even grilling. Serve the warm bread, shrimp and onions on a platter with a large bowl of romesco sauce in the center for dipping. Each of 8 servings: 433 calories; 17 grams protein; 37 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams fiber; 25 grams fat; 3 grams saturated fat; 84 mg. cholesterol; 748 mg. sodium.
SHRIMP ROMESCO
Add this delicious Shrimp Romesco entrée to the dinner table spread. To make Shrimp Romesco, add grilled shrimp to a zesty pasta sauce mixture and then sprinkle with parsley for the perfect finish touch!
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Home
Time 25m
Yield 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Add water to bread in medium bowl; stir to evenly moisten bread cubes. Let stand 10 min. Meanwhile, blend vinaigrette, nuts and garlic in blender 1 to 2 min. or until nuts are finely ground.
- Squeeze bread cubes to remove excess water. Add to ingredients in blender along with the pasta sauce, peppers and paprika; blend 1 min. or until smooth.
- Cook shrimp in large nonstick skillet on medium heat 5 to 6 min. or until shrimp turn pink, stirring frequently. Add pasta sauce mixture; stir. Simmer on medium-low heat 3 to 4 min. or until heated through, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Sprinkle with parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 130, Fat 3.5 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 120 mg, Sodium 660 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 15 g
SHRIMP WITH ROMESCO SAUCE
Categories Food Processor Nut Shellfish Quick & Easy Lunch Almond Shrimp Bell Pepper Healthy Bon Appétit Pescatarian Dairy Free Peanut Free Soy Free
Yield 2 Servings; Can Be Doubled
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Stir almonds in heavy small skillet over medium heat until golden, about 3 minutes. Transfer almonds to processor. Place bread in same skillet and cook until lightly toasted, about 1 minute per side. Tear bread into pieces and add to processor. With machine running, drop garlic through feed tube and process until almonds and garlic are finely chopped. Add red peppers, oil, vinegar and cayenne pepper and process until mixture is consistency of thick mayonnaise, scraping down sides of bowl occasionally. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
- Arrange cooked shrimp on plates. Spoon romesco sauce over and serve.
GRILLED SPRING ONIONS WITH ROMESCO SAUCE
Spring onions look similar to green onions, but are a bit larger and stronger tasting. This recipe was developed by Melissa Clark and appeared in the New York Times. Romesco sauce is commonly served in the Catalan region of Spain. It can also be served as a sauce for meat, fish or vegetables other than spring onions. It can also be served on bread. This recipe takes 30 minutes using a microwave, 1 hour otherwise. I would probably decrease the oil in this recipe considerably, and add more warm water to make it less thick.
Provided by Kumquat the Cats fr
Categories Sauces
Time 30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Slice 4 garlic cloves in half crosswise and put them in a small, microwave-safe dish. Cover with 1/4 cup olive oil. Loosely cover dish with plastic wrap, cut a slit in top and cook in microwave on medium power for 1 minute, 20 seconds. Uncover and let cool. Alternately, saute garlic in oil until golden around edges, about 3 minutes.
- Place tomato cut-side down on a plate. Microwave on medium power for 4 minutes. Let cool, then pull off tomato skin; it should come right off. If not, cook for another 30 seconds to 1 minute. Alternatively, roast tomato halves in a 350-degree oven until wrinkled and tender, 20-30 minutes, then peel.
- Chop remaining 3 cloves garlic and put in a food processor along with nuts and biscotti. Grind to a powder, add sun-dried tomatoes and yolks, and process until tomatoes are ground. Add cooked tomato, cooked garlic with oil, plus vinegar, paprika, salt and cayenne, and process until smooth. Slowly drizzle in remaining 1/4 cup olive oil. Taste and adjust salt and vinegar if desired. If mixture is too thick, slowly drizzle in 1-3 tablespoons warm water. (You can make sauce up to 5 days ahead.).
- To prepare onions, preheat a grill or broiler. Brush onions with oil and place on a grilling rack or broiler pan. Grill or broil for about 5 minutes a side, until browned and softened. Serve with romesco sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 285.8, Fat 27.9, SaturatedFat 3.6, Cholesterol 62.9, Sodium 263, Carbohydrate 7.4, Fiber 2.6, Sugar 2.5, Protein 4.4
CHARRED SPRING ONIONS & ROMESCO
Make this moreish vegetarian dish as an easy starter for a dinner party. You can make it in 20 minutes and the sauce can be prepped ahead of time
Provided by Rosie Birkett
Categories Lunch, Starter, Vegetable
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Put the nuts in the bowl of a food processor, saving a handful to serve. Add the garlic, then blitz until you have coarse crumbs. Add the red peppers and tomato purée and blitz again to a rough paste. Add the sourdough and a glug of the oil to loosen the mixture, then blitz once more until you have a slightly smoother paste. Pour the sauce into a mixing bowl and add the cayenne pepper, paprika and some seasoning. Pour in the rest of the olive oil, stirring to incorporate it. Add the vinegar, 1 tsp at a time, until the sauce has the right acidity - it should make you salivate!
- For the spring onions, brush them with olive oil, season with salt and griddle over a high heat, turning occasionally, until softening at the core and charred all over. Serve the spring onions with the sauce and a scattering of almonds.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 531 calories, Fat 48 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 12 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 2 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 12 grams protein, Sodium 4.8 milligram of sodium
ROMESCO WITH GRILLED BREAD, SPRING ONIONS AND SHRIMP
From Food & Drink's Best of 2008 list - I am stashing for using once our shrimp, first early maters & spring onions are available. Plan to make with my Recipe#181632 . The foodies at Food & Drink say: "Is romesco becoming the new pesto? Just as our obsession with Italian cooking turned that Ligurian sauce of basil, nuts and olive oil into a near-staple, the increasing interest in Spanish cooking is doing the same for romesco, essentially peppers, nuts and tomatoes ground together until they're nearly smooth. If so, it couldn't happen to a nicer sauce. "Earthy, toothsome, definitely habit-forming, romesco is rough magic in a bowl," wrote staff writer Amy Scattergood when she developed this recipe. Romesco can be used in any number of ways -- spooned into a soup, served on fish, or simply smeared on bread. But one of the most traditional uses is in the classic Catalan dish calcotada: grilled bread topped with grilled spring onions and grilled shrimp. In Spain, it's traditionally served only in the spring, but if you ask us, this is good enough to eat any time." Mmmm, will be planting onion sets in the next 2 weeks, thinking of this recipe for the first gloriously warm-hot day. Too dang difficult to jockey in my Romesco sauce recipe - Recipe#181632
Provided by Busters friend
Categories < 60 Mins
Time 45m
Yield 4-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Heat a grill over medium heat. Toss the shrimp and the onions with a little olive oil and a sprinkling of salt; brush the bread with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
- Grill the onions until the bulbs are tender and with good grill marks and the green parts are somewhat charred, several minutes. Rotate the onions occasionally with tongs for even grilling. Set aside.
- Clean the surface of the grill and cook the shrimp next, rotating for even grilling just until the flesh is opaque and firm.
- Clean the surface of the grill and grill the bread, rotating for even grilling. Serve the warm bread, shrimp and onions on a platter with a large bowl of romesco sauce in the center for dipping.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 403.3, Fat 17.3, SaturatedFat 2.6, Cholesterol 143.2, Sodium 4570, Carbohydrate 38.5, Fiber 2, Sugar 0.6, Protein 22.1
Tips:
- Use fresh, ripe ingredients. This will ensure that your romesco sauce is flavorful and delicious.
- Don't be afraid to experiment with different nuts and seeds. You can use almonds, walnuts, pine nuts, or pumpkin seeds in your sauce.
- Roast the nuts and seeds before using them. This will help to bring out their flavor and make them more fragrant.
- Use a good quality olive oil. This will help to give your sauce a rich, flavorful taste.
- Don't overcook the shrimp. Shrimp cooks quickly, so be careful not to overcook it or it will become tough and rubbery.
- Serve the romesco sauce with grilled bread, spring onions, and shrimp. This is a delicious and easy-to-make appetizer or main course.
Conclusion:
Romesco sauce is a versatile and delicious sauce that can be used in a variety of dishes. It is perfect for grilled vegetables, fish, and seafood. It can also be used as a dip for bread or crackers. If you are looking for a new and exciting sauce to try, I highly recommend romesco sauce. You won't be disappointed!
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