{"slug":"salsa-brava","collection":"recipes","is_recipe":true,"visibility":"public","title":"Salsa Brava","description":"The smoky, gently spicy tomato sauce for patatas bravas: onion and garlic sweated in olive oil, simmered with crushed tomatoes, Spanish smoked paprika and cayenne, left chunky or puréed smooth.","body_md":"The sauce half of patatas bravas. Keep it chunky or blend it smooth — either is traditional somewhere. Pairs with **Patatas Bravas** and **Garlic Aioli** (tagged `patatas-bravas`).\n\n## Method\n\n1. **Sweat the onion:** Heat the 30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. Add the diced onion and cook, stirring now and then, until soft and golden, about 8 minutes.\n\n2. **Add the garlic:** Stir in the 3 cloves minced garlic and cook 30 seconds, until fragrant.\n\n3. **Simmer:** Add the 800g crushed tomatoes, a pinch of salt, the 2 tsp smoked paprika, ¼ tsp cayenne, and 2–3 dashes of hot sauce. Stir to combine and bring to a simmer.\n\n4. **Reduce:** Lower the heat and simmer gently for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened. Taste and adjust salt, cayenne and hot sauce.\n\n5. **Finish:** Leave chunky, or let it cool a few minutes and pulse in a food processor (or with a stick blender) until smooth.\n\n## Notes\n\n- Provenance: pasted text with no stated origin (received 2026-08-26); `Unattributed`.\n- Yield is an estimate (800g tomatoes plus onion, reduced ~20%); the source gives none.\n- Conversions: 2 tbsp oil → 30ml; 28 oz can → 800g; onion weight (250g) added as a purchase guide — the source says \"1 onion\".\n- Hot sauce: any vinegar-forward one works (Cholula, Tabasco); Louisiana-style is closest in spirit. Check the label — a rare few contain anchovy.\n- Keeps a week refrigerated in a glass jar; freezes well.","draft":false,"servings":"About 750ml (3 cups) — enough for two batches of patatas bravas","prep_time":"10 minutes","cook_time":"30 minutes","total_time":"40 minutes","source_name":"Unattributed","created_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:24.475672Z","updated_at":"2026-08-27T21:25:10.607887Z","categories":["Condiment"],"tags":["Patatas Bravas","Smoked Paprika","Spicy","Tapas","Tomatoes","Vegan","Vegetarian"],"methods":["Stove-Top"],"themes":["Spanish","Vegan","Vegetarian"],"ingredients":[{"section":"","items":["30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil","1 sweet or yellow onion (about 250g), diced","3 cloves garlic, minced","800g (28 oz can) crushed tomatoes","2 tsp Spanish smoked paprika (pimentón)","¼ tsp cayenne pepper, or to taste","2–3 dashes hot sauce, to taste","Salt, to taste"],"parsed":[{"raw":"30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil","qty":30,"unit":"ml","item":"olive oil"},{"raw":"1 sweet or yellow onion (about 250g), diced","qty":1,"item":"sweet or yellow onion","prep":"diced"},{"raw":"3 cloves garlic, minced","qty":3,"unit":"clove","item":"garlic","prep":"minced"},{"raw":"800g (28 oz can) crushed tomatoes","qty":800,"unit":"g","item":"crushed tomatoes"},{"raw":"2 tsp Spanish smoked paprika (pimentón)","qty":2,"unit":"tsp","item":"Spanish smoked paprika"},{"raw":"¼ tsp cayenne pepper, or to taste","qty":0.25,"unit":"tsp","item":"cayenne pepper, or to taste"},{"raw":"2–3 dashes hot sauce, to taste","qty":2,"qty_max":3,"unit":"dash","item":"hot sauce, to taste"},{"raw":"Salt, to taste","item":"Salt, to taste"}]}],"related_from":[{"slug":"patatas-bravas","title":"Patatas Bravas","relation":"accompaniment"}],"qc":{"status":"passed","last_checked_at":"2026-08-27T21:28:24.400042Z","checked_by":"robert@sigler.io","standard_version":"2026-07-30","findings_count":0,"stale":false}}