salvitxada

{{short description|Sauce from Catalan cuisine}}

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| name = Salsa de calçots

| image = Calçots i romesco.jpg

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| caption = Calçots with sauce.

| alternate_name = Salvitxada

| type = Sauce

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| country = Spain

| region = Catalonia

| national_cuisine = Catalan cuisine

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| main_ingredient = Toast, garlic, vinegar

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| serving_size = 100 g

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Salvitxada or salsa de calçots (calçot sauce) is a Catalan sauce originating in Valls, province of Tarragona in the region of Catalonia, which is served almost exclusively with calçots at the calçotades, a traditional local barbecue.

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.[http://www.altcamp.info/eng/principal.htm Els "Calçots"]