Casablanca Market 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.

To my delight I received a beautiful assortment of Casablanca Market products as a gift. I've loved getting to experiment with a tagine -- and have especially enjoyed using Moroccan Preserved Lemons and Harissa. I find both are a delicious and unique accompaniment to meats, sauces, dips -- and basic things like rice, deviled eggs, and even avocado toast. I've had to reorder the harissa already as it is quite addictive! Casablanca Market products have excellent quality, value, and are lovely too. I can see being a regular, long-time customer for both my use and for gift-giving.

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.

Delicious product! I know nothing about how harissa is "supposed" to taste, but this is still good. As other reviews have mentioned, the batches seem to have a lot of variation. My friend introduced me to this, and his was more of a thick paste and QUITE hot. This one that I bought you can see is very watery in comparison, and while there's a nice heat (and flavor) it's not nearly as spicy as my friend's was. Still as flavorful and I will get another one when this is out, but just be aware that it's physical consistency and heat level are variable.

Update! Not sure what happen to this descent product. It used to be thick and taste. Now it’s waterier with almost no flavor. I usually buy 4 at the time. I gave them the opportunity of double when the quality went down as they customer service was veery professional. My advice as a consumer, if you decided scale your product make sure you don’t lose what sets your product apart from the rest. It’s not always about how to increase the net profit if it’s costing you loyal customers

Tasty addition to soup and stew

I was recently introduced to this condiment and was urged to try this particular brand. For comparison, I also bought the competing brand. This sauce was too salty for a low-salt person like me, but the pepper and lemon flavors came through well. This could be used for seasoning in a cooked dish, a glaze, or in a stew, but not alone and raw. It's too salty. I made a lamb stew and this added a nice touch, and I marinated chicken with it, also good. But I don't think this will work as a raw salsa or dip for chips or veges. The competitor's version was more rounded with flavors and was usable as a raw dip, not too salty. It was also "hotter" than this one. These ingredients are very simple and pure, their selling point, and I believe it is made in Morocco, if that's a benefit.

But I love it ! It taste very similar to how they make it in Israel! I just came from there and was looking for the exact taste and this was very close! Extremely simple and taste amazing! Thank you so much I’ll be purchasing again!