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Mole Sauce

Cuisine: Mexican
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Ancho chile
1   Pasilla chile
1   New Mexico Chile - (dried)
20   Almonds - blanched
1/4 cup 36g / 1.3ozGreen-tipped banana - diced
1 teaspoon 5mlGround cinnamon
1   Garlic
2   Corn tortillas - torn into pieces
2 tablespoons 30mlSesame seeds
1 tablespoon 15mlPine nuts
4 cups 948mlChicken broth
6 tablespoons 90mlButter
1 oz 28gSemisweet chocolate
  Salt - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Arrange chilies on a large baking sheet and bake in a 350F oven until chilies smell toasted (about 10 minutes). Discard stems and seeds; grind chilies to a powder in a blender (or substitute 1/4 cup ground chile powder for roasted, ground chilies.)

To blender, add almonds, banana, cinnamon, garlic, tortillas, sesame seeds, pine nuts and 1 cup of the chicken broth. Whirl until pureed. (Sauce will be grainy.)

Pour into a pan; add butter or margarine, chocolate, and remaining chicken broth. Heat to a simmer, stirring. Season to taste with salt if necessary.

Posted to the BBQ List by "[email protected]" <[email protected]> on Sep 26, 1998.

Source:
Sunset Mexican Cookbook

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