Badia Crushed Red Pepper Spice, 0.5 oz

Crushed red pepper is the table-side heat that defines Italian-American pizza culture — coarse-cut chili flakes with seeds intact, delivering bright, lingering warmth without smoke or sweetness. The 0.5 oz size is right for small kitchens, travel kits, and cooks who want a fresh jar before the flavor fades.

Common Uses

Shake over Neapolitan and New York-style pizza, baked ziti, lasagna, and chicken parmigiana. Stir into aglio e olio with garlic and good olive oil, sprinkle on calzones and stromboli, or bloom in oil at the start of arrabbiata, puttanesca, and broccoli rabe with sausage.

Cuisine Context

This is the chili of Southern Italian cooking and the pizzeria standard across the United States. It's essential whenever you want heat that stays in the background of red sauce and garlic — not the front-of-palate burn of fresh chiles. Italian cooks also work it into sausage seasoning, spicy oil for dipping bread, and finishing broccolini or escarole.

Pro Tip

Bloom the flakes in warm olive oil for 30 seconds before adding garlic or tomato. The oil draws out the capsaicin and color, spreading heat evenly through the dish instead of leaving sharp bites.

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