Harissa (sauce)

Harissa is a Tunisian, red, hot, paste-like sauce made from various chili pepper varieties, primarily piri-piri, serrano, and other chili peppers. It also includes spices such as garlic paste, coriander, ground red pepper, cumin, and vegetable or olive oil.

Sold canned in iron and glass jars, bottles, and tubes, harissa is used as an ingredient in meat, fish, and vegetable dishes, side dishes, soups, pizza, and as a sauce for couscous. Harissa sauce recipe.