Sauce Basquaise Recipe | PBS Food

Sauce Basquaise

Recipe courtesy of Check Please! Bay Area
No Recipe Photo Available

This delightfully simple sauce from the Basque region may be used for a multitude of different dishes. It is normally served with roasted or grilled poultry, meat, or fish.

print

Yield: Makes 2 cups

Course:

    Ingredients

  • 8 Roma tomatoes
  • 2 green pimentos
  • 1 red pimento
  • 1 onion
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Espelette pepper (can substitute cayenne pepper)
  • 1 pinch of sugar

    Directions

  1. Coarsely chop the tomatoes, pimentos, onion, and garlic.
  2. In a large pan over medium heat, warm the olive oil and sauté the onions until translucent.
  3. Add the pimentos and garlic and sauté over medium heat for about 10 minutes.
  4. Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, and sugar, and bring to a boil.
  5. Reduce the heat to medium, cover and simmer gently for about 45 minutes.
Tags:
Presented by:

Search or Browse Recipes

Course PBS-down_caret

Cuisine PBS-down_caret

Occasion PBS-down_caret

Theme PBS-down_caret