Hot Pepper Paste
Introducing an ULTRA-natural culinary spice made with 100% whole ingredients and a high-quality mineral salt. Potent capsaicin flavor to delight your senses and add functional benefits to any dish.
Made with regeneratively-grown chilis, our paste is traditionally fermented for Balanced Heat + Flavor; no added water, sugar, vinegar or oils. Fresh local garlic, baby ginger and Meyer lemons bring balance and gusto to this raw seasoning. Our vegetables are slow fermented in their original juices along with Ohio’s indigenous ecology… giving Mother Nature ample time and biodiversity to develop the zest. The result is a thicker consistency, more complex flavor and aromas, and a wider community of gut-loving microorganisms.
Kres Hot Pepper Paste is the purest natural ingredient for instantly seasoning soups, stews, curry, beans, rice and, of course, chili. But that's not all, try blending into yogurt, hummus, mayo, cream cheese, sour cream, or even tahini paste, for a quick spread or dip. We love a wee smearing on foods before grilling to bring out a spicy-smoky flavor. If you like adventurous cocktails or mocktails, we won’t argue with recipes that liven-up your sips.
Our pepper paste is fully preserved using traditional lacto-fermentation. Because we don’t acidify (like with vinegar) or pasteurize, our pepper paste is a living probiotic food with all the gut-health benefits to match. That said, don’t hesitate to cook with this seasoning - just be aware that higher temperatures (over 104-110°F) will injure (and likely destroy) the good bacteria and enzymes. However, because the benefits of fermentation go beyond probiotics to include higher nutrient bioavailability and better digestibility, cooking with fermented foods is not a culinary offense. The fundamental attributes of lacto-fermentation will elevate flavor and nutritional value of any dish, whether or not the probiotics are still around.
TIPS: to maintain natural probiotics and enzymes, add our Hot Pepper Paste to your dish after cooking. You can also use to make cold-prepped beverages, sauces, dressings, dips and spreads that don’t require high temperatures. One of our favorites is hummus spiced with hot pepper paste. Another is “arsenic sauce” — a spicy homemade dressing featured in our Grinchy Three-decker Toadstool and Sauerkraut Sandwich. Adding hot pepper paste to your own recipes means you’re in control the heat, more or less :)
Top functional benefits of Kres Hot Chili Paste:
Unfiltered to retain dietary fiber.
Unpasteurized for gut-health.
Wild Fermented for bioavailable nutrients and probiotic diversity.
PURE AND SIMPLE.
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