This recipe will make a lot more mole than you need for 12 enchiladas, but you might as well make a whole batch. It will keep for a few days in the refrigerator, and it freezes well.
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 white onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 dried pasilla peppers, stemmed, toasted in a dry skillet
- 2 dried ancho peppers, stemmed, toasted in a dry skillet
- 1 cup unhulled sesame seeds, toasted in a dry skillet
- 1 slice bread
- 1/3 cup cocoa nibs (or 1/4 cup cocoa powder)
- 1 tablespoon oregano, preferably Mexican oregano
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 cups clear vegetable broth (or part bean-cooking liquid)
- Vegetable oil
- 5 cups diced white mushrooms (about 1/4")
- 5 cups diced zucchini (courgette) (about 1/4")
- Salt
- 12 corn tortillas
- Rings of white onion
For the mole
For the enchiladas
To serve
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan. Add the onion, garlic, salt, and sugar and cook until the onion has softened, about 2 minutes. Tear up and add the toasted pasilla and ancho peppers, the sesame seeds, and the bread. Add the cocoa nibs, cumin, allspice, cinnamon and vegetable broth and bring to a simmer. Cook for about 20 minutes. Puree, then return to pot and taste and adjust seasoning. Add broth as needed to produce a fairly thick but saucy consistency.
- In a large skillet, heat a couple tablespoons of oil over a medium high flame. Add the mushrooms and a big pinch of salt, and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. Reserve the mushrooms and repeat the process with the zucchini. Fold them together. Taste and adjust seasoning.
- To make the enchiladas, have your plates hot, your mole hot, and your filling hot. Heat about 1/4" of oil in a small skillet over a medium-low flame. Add one tortilla to the oil to soften it, turning once with tongs. This should take about 20 seconds - you don't want to get it crisp. It will seem oily, but will turn out awesome. Place the tortilla on a plate and spread about 1 tablespoon of sauce on it. Spoon in a couple tablespoons of filling and roll it up. Repeat this process, putting 3 enchiladas on each plate.
- Thin the mole a little with broth (or water), to a saucy consistency, and make sure it is piping hot. Ladle a generous amount over each plate, top with a few rings of white onion and serve immediately.
For the mole
For the enchiladas
http://herbivoracious.com/2013/03/enchiladas-de-mole-recipe.html
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