With a touch of spanish olive oil...

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SAUCES.

ROMESCO SAUCE.

2 dry red peppers - 1/2 cup almonds - 6 tbsp. Spanish Olive Oil - 2 Slice of bread - 3 garlic cloves - 1 ripe tomato - 1 chill -1 tbsp. vinegar - Pepper.

Soak peppers the night before. Peel and remove seeds. Toast almonds in preheated oven for 15 minutes .Cut tomato and chilli and remove seeds. Moisten bread with a little lukewarm water. Crush garlic in a mortar and add almonds tomato, chilli and peppers.
Ingredients may also be put in a blender and spoonsfuls of Olive Oil added gradualy.

 YELLOW MUSTARD SAUCE.

5 egg yolks - 5 tbsp. Spanish Olive Oil - 2 tbsp. vinegar - 1 tbsp. mustard - 1/2 tbsp. sugar - Salt - Pepper.

Boil 3 eggs and beat yolks.
Mix Olive Oil in a pan together with yolks. Add vinegar, mustard, salt, pepper, and sugar gradually. When everything is blended heat the sauce by steaming. When the sauce is warm and even, add 2 raw egg yolks one at time, and cotinue still till creamy.
This sauce is delicious with meat, boiled or baked fish and rice.
CAPER SAUCE.

120 grs capers - 3 anchovies - 3 garlic cloves - 1 cup Spanish Olive Oil - 1 lemon.

Drain capers and clean anchovies, Peel garlic. Crush all ingredients together in a mortar or a blender. Add Olive Oil gradually. Add lemon juice. This sauce is excellent when served with potatoes, rice , white meat, hard-boiled eggs and boiled fish.
ALL-I-OLI SAUCE.

(Oil and garlic sauce.)
4 garlic cloves - 1 cup Spanish Olive Oil - Lemon juice totaste - Salt - A few drops of water.

Pound the garlic in a mortar until becomes a fine paste and add the salt.
Add the Olive Oil slowly, but constantly (the traditional oil dispenser is perfect). Stir all the time until the sauce thickens. Mix the lemon juice and the water and add to the sauce.		 VIRGIN SAUCE.

3 tomatoes - 2 garlic cloves - 1 tbsp. chopped parsley - 1 tbsp. chopped endive - 1 tbsp. chopped tarragon - 2 tbsp. Spanish Olive Oil - 1 Lemon - Salt - Pepper.

Peel Tomatoes by boiling for 2 minutes. Remove seeds and dice.
Put Olive Oil in a dish together with chopped herbs, garlic clove, lemon juice, salt and pepper, then marinate. When ready to serve ,heat sauce by stearning till warn.
This sauce is ideal for fish or seafood.