Spicy sardine spread is a typical sauce from the Ionian area of Calabria, prepared with spicy Calabrian chili peppers and sardines and flavored with salt and wild fennel, in sunflower seed oil.

It is called the "Calabrian caviar," a wise mix between the sharp taste of chili peppers, the umami of fish and the aromaticity of wild fennel. It is unrivaled on focaccias and bruschettas, even better when hot.