World Food Cafe--Oaxacan Mole

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Oaxacan Mole

 

Recipe By :World Food Cafe Global Vegetarian Cooking, Chris & Carolyn

Caldicott

Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : World Food Cafe

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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MOLE SAUCE:

3 tablespoons roasted peanuts

1/4 cup sesame seeds

1/4 cup pumpkin seeds

1 2-inch piece cinnamon stick

2/3 cup ground almonds

1 teaspoon ground allspice

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon dried thyme

1 tablespoon dried oregano

1 onion -- coarsely chopped

3 cloves garlic

2 jalapeno chiles

1/3 cup raisins

1 banana -- peeled & coarsely chopped

3 tablespoons sunflower oil

1 cup vegetable stock

4 ounces bittersweet chocolate

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1 pound sweet potatoes -- peeled & cut into 1 " cubes

2 ears corn -- cut into 1 " rounds

4 tablespoons sunflower oil

2 plantains -- peeled & cut into 1/2 " thick rounds

1 red bell pepper

1 yellow bell pepper -- both seeded, deribbed, and cut

into 1 " squares

4 ounces green beans

salt to taste

1 cup water

 

To make the mole sauce: Grind the peanuts, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, and

cinnamon together in a food processor. Add the ground almonds, allspice,

cloves, thyme, oregano, onion, garlic, chiles, raisins, and banana. Blend to a

thick paste. Heat the sunflower oil in a large saucepan over medium heat and

fry the paste for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Slowly add the stock,

stirring well.

 

Add the chocolate to the sauce. Stir well until the chocolate has melted.

Simmer gently for 10 minutes. The sauce will be quite thick.

 

Now prepare the vegetables: Blanch the sweet potatoes and corn in salted water

for 1-2 minutes. Drain well.

 

Heat the sunflower oil in a skillet over medium heat and fry the plantains until

they start to brown. Add the sweet potatoes, corn, and peppers, and fry until

they all start to brown.

 

Stir the fried vegetables into the mole sauce, then add the green beans and

water. Simmer gently for 10 minutes. Season with salt.

 

Cuisine:

" Mexican "

 

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Per serving: 929 Calories (kcal); 58g Total Fat; (50% calories from fat); 18g

Protein; 107g Carbohydrate; 1mg Cholesterol; 445mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 3 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 3 Fruit; 11

Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0