Citres Bomba Calabrese – Spicy Cream

A spoonful of bomba, and your tomato sauce gains depth

Does your evening tomato sauce lack character? This spicy pepper cream is added by the spoonful: thick, with pieces, it brings a clear heat and then a roundness that accompanies the dish without overpowering it.

What you will taste

• Texture: thick and grainy, with pieces of pepper.
• Aromas: peppery and lightly smoky.
• Taste: a spicy attack, then a tangy roundness.

How to use it

• A teaspoon on a slice of toasted bread, with a drizzle of olive oil.
• In a soffritto, to lift a tomato sauce served with rigatoni and sausage.
• As an aperitif spread, alongside a burrata or a mozzarella di bufala.

Where it comes from

Its name points to Calabria, at the toe of the Italian boot. This one is made by Citres, a house born in 1960 in Bovolone, in the province of Verona, in Veneto, from a small artisanal family business started by Renzo Compri.