PHARE DU CAP BON harissa is a Tunisian red chilli paste: 87% chilli, spiced with garlic, coriander and caraway. The 70 g tube can be resealed and kept in the fridge, which avoids opening a large jar.
What is harissa?
The staple condiment of Tunisian cuisine. Its name comes from the Arabic verb meaning to crush: dried red chillies are ground with salt, garlic and spices. Cap Bon, a peninsula in north-eastern Tunisia, is a region renowned for its chillies.
How to use it?
A knife-tip's worth to start, then adjust to taste. It spices up couscous, tagines, stews, soups such as chorba, Tunisian-style eggs, sandwiches and grilled meats. Diluted with a little olive oil and lemon juice, it becomes a dipping sauce.
What to pair it with?
With semolina, SAMIA preserved lemons and the spices and condiments of Maghreb cuisine. For other chillies, the chillies and hot sauces aisle.
Product information
- Brand: PHARE DU CAP BON, Tunisia
- Contents: 70 g tube
- Ingredients: hot red chilli 87%, garlic, coriander, salt, caraway, acidity regulator: E330
- Allergens: none of the 14 allergens that must be declared appear in the ingredients list
- Nutritional values per 100 g: energy 275 kJ (65 kcal), fat 1 g of which saturates 0.5 g, carbohydrate 8.9 g of which sugars 5.7 g, fibre 2.8 g, protein 2.9 g, salt 1.6 g
- Storage: away from heat; after opening, refrigerated, tube tightly resealed
