Gusta Pepper Compote in Olive Oil jar
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Gusta pepper compote in extra virgin olive oil
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Puglia

Gusta Pepper Compote in Olive Oil

4.69 reviews

Pepper compote with capers in extra virgin olive oil, from Puglia.

$27.97

Purchase type
  • Hand-bottled by the family that picks them
  • Ships from our New York warehouse in 1-2 days
  • Free shipping over $75
Pugliese rooftop terrace with artichokes and tomatoes drying on woven mats, late afternoon
Place
Puglia sits at the heel of Italy, where summers are long and the land runs flat and sun-baked.
Peppers grown here ripen fully in the heat, building color and concentration over months.
The harvest runs from late summer through early autumn.
Sliced peppers being packed into glass jars with capers and oil
Process
The peppers are harvested and sliced, then packed in jars with celery, capers, parsley, chili pepper, garlic, and wine vinegar, and covered in sunflower seed oil and extra virgin olive oil.
The capers and vinegar do the preserving.
No cooking, no artificial preservatives.
Weathered hands slicing a red pepper, capers jar and parsley alongside
People
We work with the family in Puglia that grows the peppers and runs the bottling.
They pick and jar in the same season.
We visit to taste from the batch.

What's inside

Ingredients
Peppers 42%, sunflower seed oil, celery, extra virgin olive oil, capers, parsley, chili pepper, garlic, wine vinegar, salt, citric acid, ascorbic acid. No added sugar.
No artificial preservatives.
No artificial flavors or colors.
Certifications
  • Made in Italy
Contains
Celery.

How to use it

Serve over burrata or fresh mozzarella.
Layer into a sandwich with good bread.
Add to an antipasto board alongside the patès. Use the oil in the jar as a dressing.

We eat these out of the jar with bread. The capers are the surprise.

Pairs with

From the recipe book.

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Questions

  • Does it contain allergens?
    Yes. It contains celery. Suitable for those avoiding gluten, dairy, and nuts.
  • How long does it keep once opened?
    Refrigerate after opening. Keep the peppers submerged in the oil and use within 2-3 weeks.
  • What is the texture?
    Sliced peppers, not pureed. Soft from the bottling process, with the bite of capers and the freshness of parsley.
  • Is it spicy?
    Mildly. There is chili pepper in the jar. The heat is a background note, not the dominant flavor.
  • What do I do with the oil?
    Use it. It carries the flavor of the peppers, capers, and herbs. Good as a dressing or for dipping with bread.
  • Is it vegan?
    Yes. Peppers, sunflower seed oil, celery, extra virgin olive oil, capers, parsley, chili pepper, garlic, wine vinegar, salt.
  • How is this shipped?
    From our New York warehouse. In-stock orders ship within 1-2 business days. Free shipping over $75.
  • What if it arrives damaged or I don't love it?
    Write to us. We refund within 60 days, no questions asked.
  • How do I know this is really from Puglia?
    The peppers are grown and bottled by the family we work with in Puglia, picked and jarred in the same season. We visit to taste from the batch.

Reviews

  • 5 stars: 6 (67%)
  • 4 stars: 2 (22%)
  • 3 stars: 1 (11%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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kdc_2017
Reorder standing

Third jar. Goes on every charcuterie board, every panini, every cheese plate. A small jar goes a long way bc the flavor is concentrated. Worth having in the pantry permanently.

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David K.
Good but very sweet

The flavor is real and the texture is nice. I found it sweeter than I expected from a pepper compote. Excellent with meat (tried it with grilled lamb) but too sweet for me directly on a cracker. As a condiment with savory things it shines.

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Michael Torres
Antipasto board essential

Placed this on an antipasto board between the salami and the soft cheese. By itself it is sweet and deep. Against the salt and fat of the cured meat it becomes something else entirely. The board would be incomplete without it now.

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erica_m_92
put this on a prosciutto and fresh mozzarella panini

changed my lunch permanently. the sweet pepper against the salt of the prosciutto is SO good. ordered two more jars

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na@na.com
not what I expected

the jar is smaller than it looks in photos and the flavor is very sweet for a pepper product. not bad, just not what I wanted. others might love this more than I did

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Rebecca L.
Sweet-savory balance is exactly right

The slow-cooked pepper flavor is concentrated and sweet but the natural peppers bring a slight vegetal edge that keeps it from tipping into jam territory. On a cheese board next to a sharp aged sheep cheese it is the best pairing I have found.

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na@amazon.com
great.

great.

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tbaker_
Pizza topping nobody expects

I top my pizza with this after it comes out of the oven. The heat softens it just slightly and the sweet pepper flavor with the cheese underneath is genuinely surprising and good. My family now requests the pepper pizza over any other topping.

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Amanda Choi
Prosciutto pairing is real

The sweet compote against the salt of good prosciutto is the combination this jar is made for. Used it at a dinner party with a selection of cured meats and it was the item people kept reaching back for. Simple, effective.

Six Italian regions. Nothing reformulated. Imported direct.