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Getting To Know Annatto Seed

Getting To Know Annatto Seed

  Annatto is the seed from a shrub native to tropical America.  Achiote paste is made from this seed.  You will find it growing in Central and South America.  Also, in Mexico and the Caribbean islands.  It has a slightly spicy and peppery flavor.  But, 

New World Spice-Annatto Seed

New World Spice-Annatto Seed

  Annatto seed is a rising star in American kitchens.  Annatto seed has been little-known and under-used by home cooks.  Commercially, though, it is well-known.  Considering it is an original native of the Americas, the general public in the U. S. does not even know