Achiote Paste Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 1/4 cup annatto seeds

  achiote (1 ounce by weight/28 grams)
• 1 tablespoon Mexican oregano

  or use Italian oregano
• 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 1 clove

  (use 2 if you love cloves)
• Salt to taste
• 1 spicy chili pepper

  (optional - use a jalapeno for a touch of heat, serrano pepper for hotter, or habanero pepper for good level of heat)
• 6 cloves garlic
• 1/2 cup bitter orange juice

  or use 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice + 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice + 2 tablespoons white vinegar

Instructions

• 1 Add the annatto seeds (achiote), oregano, coriander, cumin, peppercorns and salt
  to a food processor or blender. Process to break everything apart. You can also
  use a mortar and pestle to grind them up.
• 2 Add the garlic, orange juice, lime juice and vinegar. Process to form a thick
  paste.
• 3 You can adjust with extra juice or a bit of water for a thinner paste.
• 4 Use as desired.

Nutrition Info