Organic Annatto Seeds 100g

Organic Annatto Seeds are the small brick-red seeds of Bixa orellana, used across Latin American, Caribbean and Filipino cooking as both a spice and a natural colouring. The flavour is warm and mildly peppery with subtle nutty notes, and the colour is the real point: a rich orange-red that carries into oils, rice, sauces and stews. Warm the seeds gently in oil until the fat turns amber, then strain and cook with it, the standard method for achiote oil and for the paste behind cochinita pibil. Ground annatto goes into rubs and spice blends and tints rice dishes such as arroz con pollo.

Key points:

• Warm, mildly peppery flavour with subtle nutty notes
• Infuse in oil for achiote oil, or grind into pastes, rubs and spice blends
• Certified organic
• Available in several pack sizes