10 Achiote Recipes From 9 Cuisines.

Brick-red seeds of the annatto tree, ground into the paste that gives Yucatecan cooking its color and gentle, earthy, peppery flavor — cochinita pibil and tacos al pastor owe their hue to it. It is more pigment than punch: the flavor is subtle, but the stain is mighty, on marinades and cutting boards alike. Sold as hard blocks of paste, it dissolves best mashed into citrus juice or vinegar.

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