What's the difference between Recaito and Sofrito?!


Question: What's the difference between Recaito and Sofrito!?
I read the ingredients in the store and they both seem to have the same ingredients but do they have the same taste!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
recato shouldnt have tomato but it if said it did then soffrito has more tomato!. hense the orange color!.

i use recato for arroz con gandules with a little tomato sauce
i think overall recato has more pepper and cilantro flavor then soffritoWww@FoodAQ@Com

Recaito is a Puerto Rican sesaoning that contains culantro (recao), hence the name!. It usually does not contain tomatoes nor annato/achiote but there are many variations!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=cdksKVAgV!.!.!.

Sofrito is similar but used in many Latin/Caribbean cuisines and there are also many variations here!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Sofrito

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