The delicious rice is reddened with achiote and redolent of olive oil. |
An interesting plant, very much in evidence here, is the achiote or uruc. |
The Mexican pantry explains achiote, cheeses and produce, including the herb epazote. |
In my recipe for Yucatán fish, a large fillet of grouper that's been marinated in a bright paste of achiote, orange and lime is wrapped in banana leaves before baking or grilling. |
These baffles were conducted to control the Itza borderlands, to obtain valuable resources such as salt, cacao, vanilla, achiote and to take sacrificial victims for their gods. |
Pork shoulder is steeped in a marinade of peppery achiote and sour orange, folded in banana leaves, then slow-roasted until it practically shreds itself. |