Achiote or Annatto seeds is a spice that grows heavily in the Yucat\u00e1n area and is unique and native to this area. The seeds come from the Annatto tree, which grows beautiful pink flowers that produce a prickly pod which has dozens and dozens of these seeds inside.<\/p>\n
The seeds have a beautiful brown, brick, reddish warm and appealing\u00a0color. The Mayas used the seeds since Pre-Hispanic times to color their\u00a0skin, garments, art and they also mixed them with their chocolate drink\u00a0as a symbol of blood, given the color, in their rites. The seeds\u00a0provide a strong, pungent and sort of permanent flavor to the dishes\u00a0they are used in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Achiote or Annatto seeds is a spice that grows heavily in the Yucat\u00e1n area and is unique and native to this area. The seeds come from the Annatto tree, which grows beautiful pink flowers that produce a prickly pod which has dozens and dozens of these seeds inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":""},"categories":[1936],"tags":[],"dish":[],"meal":[],"event_type":[],"recipe-ingredient":[356],"region":[7564],"time":[],"series":[],"yoast_head":"\n