Sazón

Puerto Rican food lovers, rejoice! Illyanna Maisonet, the James Beard award–winning food writer and first Puerto Rican food columnist in the United States, collaborated with Burlap & Barrel on this personal, deeply flavorful Puerto Rican blend to bring the flavors of PR food to your home. 

"Sazón means identity, history, and comfort and creates the foundational flavor of Puerto Rican food. A savory, earthy blend based on garlic, cumin and achiote seeds, this sazón is made with wild achiote sourced directly from San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, and it brings tons of flavor without any MSG or salt. I use it on my pork shoulder roasts, moles and stews." -Illyanna

Who Made It: Burlap & Barrel partner directly with smallholder farmers to source spices that have never been available to the US before and help improve the livelihoods of their partner farmers. Their spices come from farms from the most passionate & knowledgeable spice farmers (and foragers) in the world. 

Size: 85g

Ingredients: Garlic powder, wild achiote, cumin, turmeric, coriander

ABOUT ILLYANNA MAISONET

Illyanna is the first Puerto Rican food columnist in the country, and she's a classically trained cook. She has dedicated her career to documenting Puerto Rican recipes, including her family's, and preserving the Puerto Rican diaspora's disappearing foodways through rigorous, often bilingual research. She is a James Beard Award winner and her work has been featured in Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Saveur, Eating Well, Food 52, SF Chronicle and The Takeaway podcast.