This product is a combination of virgin extra olive oil and merkén. Merkén (merkeñ in Mapudungun) is an aromatic seasoning used by the Mapuche people.

It has a exquisite, spicy and lightly smoky flavor and is prepared from dried and smoked ¨Cacho de Cabra¨(a special red pepper variety), which is grounded together with roasted coriander seeds and salt.

It has a red dust aspect with small reddish particles of different tonalities.

Merken gives to the oil an exquisite spicy-smoked flavor and a unique seal of our ethnic roots, thus it has been slowly adopted in the Chilean kitchen.

How to consume.
This wonderful oil can be use in diverse preparations like:
• Direct dressing of great variety of plates.
• As an ingredient in modern creations with tuna fish, lamb, pig or duck
• Seafood or fish, including spider crab.
• Meat recipes, empanadas, pasta and different types of mashed vegetables.
• Dishes of marinated raw fish and tartars
• Cow and goat cheeses marinated with this oil.
• Roasted potatoes and steamed vegetables.