Description
Ingredients: anchovy (60%), olive oil (40%), red pepper, and salt.
The terms “spiced” and “spicy” are used pretty much interchangeably in the tinned fish world, to mean two different things: with a hot pepper (or hot pepper flavor), and with cloves/bay/carrot/hot pepper. There are many examples of both terms being used to mean both things.
We are so frustrated by how widespread this confusing inconsistent usage is that we’ve gone through our entire product line to correct the incorrect ones such that our description of “spiced” or “spicy” will always indicate which it really is, regardless of the packaging. “Spicy” = with hot pepper flavor. “Spiced” = with the cloves/bay/carrot/hot pepper flavors.
Savoury Snacks With Catz (verified owner) –
These Pollastrini anchovies are a nice balance between fancy and approachable. I’ve been on the lookout for an anchovy that’s nice enough to star on a buttered toast, but not so nice that I feel guilty melting one into a pasta sauce or caesar dressing. This might be the one!
The olive oil is tinted red from the crushed peppers, but I didn’t notice much heat in the anchovies themselves. Next time I’ll try snagging some of the spices in addition to a fillet to see if I can get some more heat. The really notable thing is the number of fillets: this is an extremely generous tin and a great value.