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Picada

Editor's note:Use this recipe to makeBlack Rice with Squid.

  • Picada is an aromatic sauce traditionally used in Catalan cuisine as a base flavoring for many dishes. It is also often added toward the end of cooking.
  • Picada will keep for 1 week in the fridge or 6 months in the freezer.

Ingredients

For 2 1/2 cups

5 1/4 tsp saffron threads
6 garlic cloves
3 1/3 cups fresh parsley leaves
Scant 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 cup toasted blanched hazelnuts

  1. Wrap the saffron threads in aluminum foil and toast lightly in a hot frying pan for a few seconds, being careful not to let them burn. Cool. Put the peeled garlic and the parsley leaves into a small bowl. Add the toasted saffron threads. Next, add the olive oil. Process with a hand-held blender to make a coarse paste. Add the toasted hazelnuts and continue to make an even, fine mixture.

Reprinted with permission fromFrom The Family Meal: Home Cooking with Ferran Adriàby Ferran Adrià, (C) © 2011 Phaidon Press
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