Spanish Romesco Salsa

This salsa (sauce) is from the region of Catalonia (capital: Barcelona), in northeastern Spain. Besides Spanish, Catalan is the regional language. While Catalan is closely related to Spanish, it is a separate language. Spaniards often use this sauce with fish and seafood, but also with chicken, roasted vegetables or hard boiled eggs.

There are variations to this sauce within Spain, let alone outside of its homeland, with varying degrees of spiciness being one of the major differences.   

Ingredients:

1 cup diced canned tomatoes, drained, or seeded and chopped fresh Roma tomatoes
3/4 cup red peppers, preferably roasted, from a jar is fine, lightly rinsed
1/2 cup toasted slivered almonds
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tablespoon sweet Spanish paprika (Spanish paprika has a smoky flavor)
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 
1/4 cup olive oil
4 tablespoons red wine vinegar or sherry vinegar
1 slice toasted Italian white bread, cubed or torn
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

You can use a food processor, blender or a stick blender. Blend all ingredients until smooth, which can take a little time, so be patient.

Very good with large shrimp broiled or baked with olive oil and garlic.

WORD HISTORY: 
Seed-This word goes back to Indo European "se," which meant, "to sow;" (pronounced the same as "so," and not to be confused with the word of the same spelling that rhymes with "how," and means "female swine") that is, "to scatter by throwing." This then produced the Indo European noun, "seti," meaning, "sowing." This gave Old Germanic "sediz," meaning "seed" ("that which is sown"), also the more specific, "sperm." This gave Old English (Anglo-Saxon) "sæd," then "sed," which then became "sede," before the modern version. The other Germanic languages have: German "Saat," Low German "Saad" (some Low German dialects, influenced by standard German, now use, "Saat"), Dutch "zaad," West Frisian "sied," Danish and Norwegian "sæd," Icelandic "sæði" (ð=th), Swedish "säd." All mean "seed, sperm," although in Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Swedish the emphasis is more on the meaning seed="sperm."