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Welcome to the Celtnet Spice Guide. As this site has grown and many more recipes have been added it's become evident that a guide to the various herbs available to the cook is necessary. With spices becoming more commonly available and more exotic spices becoming available from all over the world it has become evident that some kind of guide or introduction to spices is necessary. These pages are an attempt at bringing all the various culinary spices together into one place so that you can see what's available and perhaps find something new to use in your own cooking. To use this Spice Guide simply click on the first letter of the herb name above or below. Alternativey why not just browse through the guide. All the spices given here, whether common or rare, can be obtained via your local supermarket (or more often via your local Asian supermarket) or via a specialist spice distributor. |
 Fagar |
False Cubeb Pepper |
Fennel |
| Fenugreek |
Ferula assafoetida |
Fèves de Tonka |
| Fingerroot |
Florida Holly |
Foeniculum vulgare |
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Spice Guide Entry For: Annatto SeedsThis is the description page for Annatto Seeds (Bixa orellana) and includes a description as well as an image, if available and a selection of recipes from this site that relates to the herb: Annatto Seeds.  Annatto seeds (also known as achiote) are the seeds of the Achiote trees (also known in English as the lipstick tree) Bixa orellana of the tropical Americas — members of the Bixaceae (achiote) family. This is a shrub that bears pink flowers and bright red spiny fruit which contain red seeds. The fruit themselves dry and harden to brown capsules. Though inedible, the fruit is harvested for its seeds, which contain annatto, a red colouring (also known as bixin) in the pulp surrounding them. This can be extracted simply by stirring the seeds in water. It is used to colour food products (such as Red Leicester and Cheddar cheeses) and is the main ingredient in the Mexican spice mix recado rojo or 'achiote paste'. The seeds are also used as a colourful additive to Jamaican and Filipino cuisine. The seeds themselves have only a very gentle floral aroma (due to the presence of the chemical ishwarane) and thus impart no real taste to food, but they do impart an amazing deep scarlet colour to foods. You can use this spice in any recipe that calls for red food colouring (such as many Indian Curries). The red colouring is due primarily to the presence of bixin ((9′Z-6,6′-diapocarotene-6,6′-dioate)) in the seed, though other carotenoids and apocarotenoids (notably norbixin) have also been identified. Brazil remains the chief exporter of annatto, though the Spanished introduced the tree to the Philippines where it is both grown commercially and used in the local foods. It is said that the original Aztec form of drinking chocolate xocoatl also contained annatto seeds (which would have given the drink a deep red colour, similar to blood). In Central America, today, annatto seeds are more commonly fried in oil to make a red-coloured annatto oil which is then used in cooking. Recipes Utilizing Annatto Seeds Mexican Fish Rub |
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