Harissa Gourmet Hot Sauce –Harissa Sauce – Moroccan North African Spice Best Hot Sauce Gift Harissa Seasoning – Harissa Spice Red Hot Sauce – Harissa Paste Hot Sauces (10.5oz)

I have no idea how "harissa" is actually supposed to taste. This is a completely un-filtered review of flavor. It's liquidy, with finely ground chunks, and needs no chewing. The overall base flavor is super fresh peppers...very refreshing and clean. It's salty like a good kalamata olive (actually is quite like a kalamata), with a mild/moderate transparent heat that is also richly tasty. (I'm not a glutton for punishment with heat by the way).As a lover of all things umami, salty, oily and vinegarish (Of which this is not vinegarish)... this is a dang tasty item, and is not a combination I've ever had before. Quite unique. Perfect for a condiment on an otherwise great sandwich, as a part of an oven dish, or just by the spoonful straight from the fridge. But...if this is what they serve in Morocco, it seems like I might like the place. Hope that helps!Edit: upon swiftly emptying two jars from similar package dates (2019's) that were amazing and delicious... and receiving a new shipment that has older production dates, I have come to discover that the heat level is greatly variable, due to some variable! It's 2020. The 2019 batch wasn't hot at all. The 2018 batch, however, can melt faces. It will be a significant bit longer before I will finish these next 2 jars.

just what i was looking for

Horrendous stuff, this. The first taste was overwhelmingly salty—followed by an offensive fibrous texture and bitterness. They’ve obviously gone to town using preserved lemons because that’s all you can taste. After a second bite, I got the feeling that I had smelled something just like this before—a lingering memory from childhood. It was pine-sol. This isn’t fit for human consumption, but if you need to peel the paint from anything, that might at least allow you to get your money’s worth out of it. I threw mine in the trash. On the positive side, it was nicely spicy.

Very spicy!

These dried peppers are perfect. Note of caution, they will bite you back. Hurrah!!!

I was going to give one star because this didn't taste like harissa to me. It basically tasted like a lot of lemons, salt and vinegar with a punch of heat. I love lemons and sour things but this was on the nastier side of the taste (to me). But my wife loved it. She doesn't really use harissa. It really tasted like a really salt tartar sauce. Sorry if this is confusing. But the package came unmolested, unlike others who's things came busted or molded.

I often find myself searching for just the right spice element to add to my dishes, but I've had a hard time finding one product that complemented a wide variety of foods. I'm SO happy I found this Harissa sauce...it has done the trick completely! I've been able to use it in multiple ways to add a really flavorful kick to recipes (some of which really need help...think cauliflower rice). I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to spice tolerance, so I use very little. The good thing there is that it doesn't take much to add great flavor, and the jar will undoubtedly last me a LONG time. I also want to point out that it's made from only four ingredients...nothing artificial, and I think that's specific to this brand. Much appreciated.

Works great