Trompo

TrompoRecado Negro Hot Sauce Trompo is the name of the vertical spit of marinated meats turning in taqueras across Mexico, tantalizing tastebuds and hypnotizing us with seductive sizzles as smoke and flame kiss the meat. Al Pastor is perhaps its most famous application but during our immersive adventures across Mexico we discovered its alter ego: the trompo negro fuego, commonly called black pastor. It's dark, smoky, and built on the ancient Yucatecan

Smoke is transformation

the Indian Ocean connecting everything

and achiote round it into something that tastes like a wood fire you can savour

Don’t wait to get your tickets

Finishing salt doesn't cook

or do what we do—use it in place of salt on everything

Portuguese settlers

Garlic's sweetness tempering chili's heat

Tastes like it took all day

That balance is what made it travel the world

Crafted with fermented Scotch Bonnet peppers and layered with the bold character of horseradish-mustard

The crystals carry a natural mineral complexity—oceanic