Salvitxada or salsa de calçots (''calçot sauce'') is a
Catalan sauce originating in
Valls
Valls () is a city and municipality in the Camp de Tarragona region in Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital of the comarca of Alt Camp. In 2014, it had a population of 24,570.
Valls is known for its calçots – a type of scallion or green onio ...
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province of Tarragona
Tarragona (; ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Castellón, Teruel, Zaragoza, Lleida and Barcelona and by the Mediterranean Sea.
The province's po ...
in the region of Catalonia, which is served almost exclusively with
calçots at the ''
calçotades'', a traditional local
barbecue
Barbecue or barbeque (often shortened to BBQ worldwide; barbie or barby in Australia and New Zealand) is a term used with significant regional and national variations to describe various cooking methods that employ live fire and smoke to coo ...
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It is similar to
romesco sauce with the difference that it is thickened with toast rubbed with fresh garlic, moistened with a little vinegar and pulverized.
Els "Calçots"
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References
Catalan cuisine
Sauces
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