Can you make romesco sauce without a food processor?

Romesco is a pungent, piquant and powerful flavour bomb that transforms even mundane meals into really tasty ones, and it’s made simply by upcycling an old pepper, tomato and piece of stale bread into a certified Catalan delicacy. This kind of old peasant cookery has the added benefit of supporting personal and planetary health, too. Romesco sauceThis amazingly tasty and intense sauce goes really well with almost any simple neutral meal, and especially with grilled vegetables, fish, chicken or lamb. If you don’t have a food processor, no problem; instead, finely chop the bread, nuts and vegetables, or pound them in a mortar, to make a deliciously rustic version of the sauce – this is how I make it at home, though it does take a little more time. Put two tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil in a frying pan on a medium-low heat, then throw in the bread and nuts, fry gently, tossing occasionally, until golden brown all over, then tip into a food processor. Return the pan to the heat with two more tablespoons of oil, and add the chopped red pepper, tomato and onion, and saute for eight minutes, or until any excess moisture has evaporated. Pour in the vinegar, pulse until the sauce is evenly chopped, then stir in more extra-virgin olive oil to taste, season and serve.