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achiote

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a·chi·o·te  ch-t, -t)
n.
See annatto.

[American Spanish, from Nahuatl achiotl.]


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Another unusual and natural source of red pigment is the Achiote (Bixa orellana) or lipstick-tree.
The San Francisco Street Sampler is an appetizer plate featuring crab cakes with achiote crema (made from annatto seed), camarnes con tocino (shrimp wrapped in bacon), barbacoa short ribs, and chile en nogada (stuffed poblano chile in walnut sauce).
com) is great in salad dressings or in place of lime in ceviche Black, pinto, and garbanzo “I love achiote and cumin,” Hoffmann enthuses.
 
 
 
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