When a sauce is so delicious, its got to take center stage! This Whole Food Plant Based twist on a classic Spanish sauce is finger licking good! You’ll want to put it on everything, making our Fast and Easy Romesco Sauce this week’s awesome Whip It Up Wednesday recipe! Drench pasta, dip bread, or drizzle veggies with this versatile sauce, definitely a winner for quick and delicious dishes! Whole Food Plant Based recipe, no oil, no sugar, no highly processed ingredients and gluten free.
Ameera here!
This week’s Whip It Up Wednesday is our twist on a classic Romesco sauce. It is so fast, you can whip this recipe up in under 5 minutes. We fell in love with the first bite.
Whip it up Wednesday
As you already know, every Wednesday, we feature a quick and easy recipe that can be “whipped up” in 20 minutes or less. This recipe can be made in about 5 minutes, which really helps speed things up in the kitchen.
Our Fast and Easy Romesco Sauce can be paired with so many other dishes. We were dipping our Quinoa Flatbread in it. We put it over pasta! We put it over roasted veggies. Total yum fest!
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Everything’s Better in a Bowl
We made a gluten-free penne pasta and roasted veggie bowl, topped it with our Romesco Sauce, chiffonade basil leaves, and then sprinkled our Parmesan Cheese over the whole thing, and we were in heaven!!!
We hope you enjoy our new Whip It Up Wednesday quick and easy ideas!
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Fast and Easy Romesco Sauce
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 3 Cups 1x
- Category: Sauce
- Cuisine: Spanish
Description
When a sauce is so delicious, its got to take center stage! This Whole Food Plant Based twist on a classic Spanish sauce is finger licking good! You’ll want to put it on everything, making our Fast and Easy Romesco Sauce this week’s awesome Whip It Up Wednesday recipe! Drench pasta, dip bread, or drizzle veggies with this versatile sauce, definitely a winner for quick and delicious dishes! Whole Food Plant Based recipe, no oil, no sugar, no highly processed ingredients and gluten free.
Ingredients
- 1 – [ 12 oz. jar ] roasted red peppers, drained *
- 1 – [ 14 oz. can ] fire roasted tomatoes (do not drain)
- 1 cup raw almonds *
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 Tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 1 teaspoon sea salt (+/-) *
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flake
Optional Ingredients:
- Pasta of choice (we used gluten free penne pasta)
- Roasted Veggies
- Quinoa flatbread (for dipping) Quinoa Flatbread recipe
- Topping – Vegan Parmesan Cheese recipe
- Fresh basil, chiffonade
Instructions
- Place the raw almonds (no soaking required) into a high-speed blender and pulse until a fine meal-like texture is reached.
- Then add all your remaining ingredients into the high-speed blender with the ground almonds, except for the crushed red pepper flake and pulse until everything is smooth.
- Add the red pepper flake and pulse for a few seconds.
- Taste and adjust seasoning as desired.
- Serve with your favorite pasta or as a dipping sauce with your favorite bread. (Serve hot or at room temperature).
Notes
*Roasted Red Peppers: Look for a roasted red pepper with no oil and no added sugar. We used Mancini Sweet Roasted Peppers.
*Raw Almonds: We used whole raw almonds and pulsed them into a flour. Others may prefer a little texture, but we preferred them broken down into a flour for a smooth consistency for the Romesco sauce.
*Sea Salt: Please adjust the sea salt based upon your family’s sea salt preferences and/or based upon dietary needs.
*Storage: Refrigerate and use within 5 days.
Storage: Refrigerate and use within 5 days.
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Does this sauce freeze well?
Hi there Kristin 🙂
We have not froze it yet, but we definitely think it will work as most tomato based sauces freeze well.
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Can the sauce be made without almonds? Allergic
Hi there Tony 🙂
The almonds create the thick and creamy consistence for the sauce. Perhaps replacing the almonds with a seed will work. Maybe pumpkin or sunflower seeds. We haven’t tried this before, but if you do, we’d love to hear how it turned out!
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Can you leave out the nutritional yeast? I have not grown fond of the taste yet!
Hi there Jennifer 🙂
Yes, of course, you can definitely leave out the nutritional yeast. We can totally relate, when we first tried nutritional yeast, we weren’t too fond of it… but as our taste buds changed/adjusted we grew to love it. You can easily leave it out of this recipe, but please note that the flavor will be slightly different.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend! <3
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Wow! Just made this and I think I just found a new favorite recipe. It is delicious on top of my zoodles!
Hi there Emily 🙂
Yaaayyyy! We are so thrilled that you enjoyed our Romesco Sauce! It’s definitely a favorite/regular in our home. Thank you so much for taking the time to write and sharing your wonderful feedback. <3
Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Made the sauce tonight and served over pasta. It is so good! Thanks for the great recipes!
Hi there Kellie 🙂
Awesome!! So thrilled that you enjoyed this sauce! We appreciate your wonderful feedback and kind words about our recipes! Thank you so much <3
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Looks amazing! I am going to add this to my shopping list!
Hi there Donna 🙂
Thank you so much, we are excited for you to try it! Hope you enjoy it as much as we do <3
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Just made this and I was extremely pleased, surprised and delighted at the taste…I freeze my sauces for the days I don’t have time to fuss and serve them over steamed vegetables or pasta made from lentil flour. You could definitely serve it over spaghetti squash or rice but I’m not a big Rice fan.
Hi there Henrietta 🙂
Yaaayyy! We are so thrilled that you enjoyed this sauce! It’s definitely a regular in our home. Thank you so much for giving this recipe a try and for your wonderful feedback!
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Could you just use almond flour if you don’t have the nuts on hand???
Hi there Paula 🙂
Thank you so much for reaching out to us. We have not substituted using almond flour and not sure if it would just create a gritty sauce texture. We recommend the almonds in nut form. However, if you decide to give it a try, we would suggest less flour to start with and increase to desired thickness and flavor.
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
I made this last night for my husband and granddaughter and both loved it! They even had seconds! It was so easy. I will be making this again for sure! Thanks.
Hi there Toniska 🙂
Woo Hoo!!! We are so excited to hear that you and your family enjoyed this sauce and will be making it again! Thank you so much for your awesome feeback!
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Had bookmarked this after the post about it in FOK fb group and finally got around to trying it out. Did not disappoint! Loved the simplicity and flavor! This is going on dinner rotation from now on. Served with squash noodles, brocolini,, and Gardein chick’n.
Hi there Victoria 🙂
Yaaaay! We are so glad that you enjoyed this recipe, and LOVE the squash noodles and brocolini – YUM! Thank you so much for your awesome feedback and taking the time to write!
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Hi, if I use pre ground almonds what would the measurement be?
Hi there Laura 🙂
We have not tried using pre-ground almonds for this dish, so we don’t have a specific measurement for you. Not quite sure how it will turn with pre-ground almonds, but if you try it, we’d love to know how it went.
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
This is in regular rotation at our house! So easy and delicious!! Serve over pasta and mixed greens with chopped red bell pepper and cucumber.
Hi there Catherine 🙂
Woo hoo!!! We are so thrilled to hear that you enjoy this recipe and have it in your regular rotation. Love how you served it too – so much yum! Thank you so much for your awesome review!
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
This looks amazing! Not a spicy fan so I think I’ll omit the red pepper flakes. I’ll let you know how mine turns out. As always, thank you!!!?
Hi there Daniel 🙂
Woot! Thank you so much for your kind words. We hope you give this recipe a try and enjoy it as much as we do!
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
What kind of delicious culinary wizardry is this!? I found myself at 9pm ….3 hours after dinner…getting another bowl!
Hi there Danielle 🙂
Yaaaay!!! We are so thrilled to hear that you enjoyed this recipe. We appreciate you sharing your awesome feedback and for taking the time to write.
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
With this and a couple other recipes, the print preview looks fine but when printed a large ad blocks some of the ingredients. Can this be fixed please?
Hi there Karen,
We are so sorry that the printing isn’t working for you. We test it many times and also had friends and family test it as well. No one is experiencing the problems you are experiencing. Perhaps try a different browser.
-Ameera and Robin
Pumpkin seeds are a good nut-free alternative to almonds/walnuts
Hi there Donna,
Awesome! Thank you.
-Ameera and Robin