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recaito

It has its own base, its own herb, and its own name for both.

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Cultural layer

Origin

Puerto Rico; the green base of culantro, cilantro, garlic, onion and ají dulce blended raw and cooked out at the start of a dish

Routes

Puerto Rican and broadly Antillean; carried to New York with the mid-century Puerto Rican migration, where it is sold frozen in Caribbean groceries

Context

Recaito is built on culantro, not cilantro, which is a different plant with a stronger, longer-lasting leaf, and the substitution most recipes recommend quietly weakens the sofrito it is meant to start. Puerto Rican cooking is frequently described as a variant of Spanish or Latin American cooking. It has its own base, its own herb, and its own name for both.

Route

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