
It is mild in heat, but packed with flavor from many different spices.

The paste is dissolved in either lemon juice, water, oil, or vinegar, used as a marinade for meat, or rubbed directly upon it. The annatto seeds dye the mixture red, and impart a distinctive red-orange color to the food. The spice mixture usually includes annatto, oregano, cumin, clove, cinnamon, black pepper, allspice, garlic, and salt. It is now strongly associated with Mexican and Belizean cuisines, especially of Yucatán and Oaxaca. Nowadays it is a world-renowned company, pioneer in producing and exporting fiery habanero pepper sauces, as well as a variety of traditional Mexican products to the U.S., Europe, Asia and Oceania.Recado rojo or achiote paste is a popular blend of spices. Gamboa, started out as a small family business devoted to the production of homemade habanero pepper sauces. The Yucatecas Salsas Y Condimentos, a company created in 1968 by Mr. Grown in the humid tropical weather of the Yucatan Peninsula. Ingredients: Water, Annatto Seed, Corn Flour, Salt, Garlic, Spices, Acetic Acid & Sodium Benzoate as a preservative. Achiote is a delicious Yucatan-style sauce made from ground annatto seeds, spices and tomatoes.

Simply dilute paste in vinegar or olive oil. Use a generous amount to marinate chicken, beef, pork or fish. Use a little to achieve a yellow or orange/red color in recipes, use more to add earthy, peppery flavor.

Thanks to the Spanish and Portuguese traders of the 16th century, you also find it being used in Vietnam and the Phillipines. It is also widely used to add color to sofrito and blaff in the Caribbean. Primarily consisting of the unique annatto. Most popularly used to make cochinita pibil, a spicy pork dish in Mexico. Achiote Paste, or Recado rojo, is a popular blend of spices usually associated with Mexican and Yucatan cuisine. Achiote paste, also known as recado colorado, is a popular Yucatan ingredient, but is also used throughout the Spanish speaking Caribbean islands, and throughout Latin America, particularly in Mayan and Aztec cuisine. Annatto is well known for its commercial uses as a natural colorant for cheese and butter, etc, but the ground seeds have always been used for coloring and flavoring in traditional cooking. Annatto is extracted from the seeds of the achiote tree ( Bixa orellana). Consisting primarily of annatto seeds, the.

El Yucateco’s Annatto Condiment Paste is made with high-quality annatto seeds, grown in their Yucatan Peninsula fields in Mexico. Achiote Paste, or Recado rojo, is a pungent blend of spices typically associated with Mexican and Yucatan cuisine.
