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Annatto recipes

A paste produced from achiote seeds, which are ground and used as a spice in parts of Latin America. Annatto is more important as a colouring agent than as a spice. It is used to make a bright orange-yellow dye that is produced commercially and used to colour butter, margarine, cheese (such as Cheshire and Lancashire) and smoked fish such as mackerel and kippers.

Vegan bacon bits
by The Hairy Bikers

No pigs were harmed in the making of this bacon. Tofu is fried with lots of savoury flavours to create these vegan bacon bits.

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