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Mexican · Sauce / condiment
Recado Rojo (Achiote Paste)
The brick-red Yucatecan seasoning paste of ground annatto, garlic and spice, thick enough for tamale dough and easily loosened with sour orange juice to rub on meat. It keeps for months in the fridge or freezer.
- YieldMakes a scant 1/2 cup (about 110 ml)
- Hands-on10 min
- Total10 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
- 4 tbspground achiote (annatto)
- 2 tsprecado de toda clase (all-purpose spice blend)
- 2 tspsea salt, or to taste
- 6 clovesgarlic, peeled and crushed
- 4 tbspwater, approximately, just enough to make a thick paste
To use on meat
- to tastesour orange juice or mild vinegar, to loosen the paste for spreadingoptional
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