Red Sauce?

[Cooking4Fun]

Is a "red sauce" always tomato based or are there other types?

 

[pepperhead212]

There is also a Chinense "red sauce", and I'm sure there are others.

 

[Andy M.]

There's also ROMESCO sauce. It's Spanish in origin and made with tomato, peppers, almonds, etc.

However, when a reference is usually made to red sauce, the reference is to Italian tomato sauce.

 

[buckytom]

Don't forget certain Mexican red sauces which are made with peppers.

 

[pepperhead212]

Yes, bucky, how could I forget about those! Mexican, and many other Latin American cuisines have more than one salsa rojas. And there are all sorts of bottled hot sauces called "red sauce".

 

[Cooking4Fun]

Interesting. That Spanish sauce sounds good.

 

[karadekoolaid]

The Canary Isles have a wonderful recipe called "papas arrugadas" (wrinkled potatoes) These are always served with two " mojos" - green and a red sauce .

 

[karadekoolaid]

And I suppose you could always classify a Thai Red Curry as a sauce.