Tomato Based Sauce?

Question

I am in Spain right now and I keep getting served a tomato based sauce that is not gazpacho. It is thick and seems like it has tomato, oil, and cream and i've had it in soup form as well on a sandwich and over tapas. Does anyone know the name of this dish?

Answer 1

Sounds like a tomato cream sauce.  Sometimes it contains vodka as well.

Answer 2

maybe tomato soup(cream)

Answer 3

It is called Romesco Sauce.

Romesco, (central catalan pronunciation romescu), is a sauce originating in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, that is typically made from almonds and/or hazelnuts, roasted garlic, olive oil and nyores - small, dried red peppers. Other common ingredients include roasted tomatoes, red wine vinegar and onion. Leaves of fennel or mint may be added, particularly if served with fish or escargot. It is perhaps most often served with seafood, but can also be served with a wide variety of other foods including poultry and vegetables, particularly calçots.  It is also served as a chilled soup.