Mina Harissa Spicy Traditional Moroccan Red Pepper Sauce - 10 Ounce

WE love this spicy addition to our meals. It is a hot smoky red pepper paste from North Africa with red peppers, garlic, olive oil, acids, cumin, coriander, caraway seeds, and smoked paprika plus others. You can also get it in a shaker bottle for a dry rub.

I was disappointed at first with this product, because this isn't authentic harissa, but i will explain how i got it to work. Harissa is not only just chili pepper paste, oil. vingegar, salt nd garlic as the ingredients list, but has toasted caraway seeds and/or cumin seeds, and coriander which gives it that earthy flavor. However, this product does not have that. It is a very good pepper paste/sauce more reminiscent of a pepper salsa. I was concerned about using it in a recipe, but I added 1 tsp of toasted cumin 1/4tsp of caraway, and 1 tsp coriander seed and ground that in to the mina harissa with a mortar and pestle. what came out was perfect. will i buy this again? i will, but i will also buy an authentic harissa. i have since found uses for the mina harissa for other types of application that don't need the spices, also great in sandwiches, and as a spicy condiment.

Very hard to find in our local stores. A great spice.

Yum

Spicier than I like but very good