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Recado Para Bistec, Seasoning For Steak

Cuisine: Mexican
Type: Meat
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup 15g / 0.5ozBlack peppercorns
2 tablespoons 30mlWhole allspice
1   Cinnamon, about 2-1/2 inches long, broken
1 teaspoon 5mlCumin seeds
20   Yucatan oregano leaves OR
1 1/2 tablespoons 22mlOregano - dried and crushed
2   Garlic, roasted, peeled
  Salt to taste

Recipe Instructions

In a food processor, or an electric spice grinder, grind peppercorns, allspice, cinnamon, cumin, oregano, garlic and salt. Allow paste to dry a little before storing in a glass jar in the refrigerator.

To use, dissolve seasoning in a little Seville (bitter) orange juice or vinegar or in a mixture of equal amounts or orange and grapefruit juices.

Makes 1 1/2 cups

NOTE: Although the Spanish meaning of the name of this seasoning is "a seasoning for steak", its uses are much broader. It is added to pickling solutions and marinades for poultry, seafood, and fish and is also used to flavor broths.

from "The Taste of Mexico", by Patricia Quintana, ISBN 0-941434-89-3 from the chapter on "The South", Yucatan

Source:
Patricia Quintana

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