PISTACHIO GREEN MOLE (MOLE VERDE DE PISTACHE)
Many Mexican moles require hours of cooking and a laundry list of ingredients, but this green mole does not. This vibrant vegan version is made with herbs, baby spinach and pistachios, and the sauce comes together in about 30 minutes. This recipe calls for zucchini or summer squash, but feel free to swap in another roasted vegetable, depending on the season. The chef Enrique Olvera included it in his "Tu Casa Mi Casa" cookbook to show how fresh and seasonal a mole can be.
Provided by Sara Bonisteel
Categories tacos, vegetables, main course
Time 50m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the squash on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and toss to coat. Roast until lightly brown, about 15 to 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the mole: In a pot, heat the grapeseed oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the chiles and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatillos and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, 5 to 8 minutes.
- Add 2/3 cup water and the pistachios and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and transfer to a blender along with the cilantro, hoja santa and spinach. Blend until smooth, about 3 minutes. Season with salt to taste.
- Serve the mole warm, with the roasted zucchini. Top with greens and serve rice and tortillas alongside.
PISTACHIO MOLE
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spread pistachios on a baking sheet and roast for 10 minutes. Let cool, then chop.
- Add oil to a large stockpot and heat.
- Add chiles, tomatoes, onions, avocado leaves, garlic, cilantro, epazote, parsley and peppercorns and saute, stirring occasionally, until tender. Add vegetable base, white wine and 1 1/2 gallons water and bring to a rolling boil. Add pistachios. Continue boiling for 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Place cooked mixture in a blender and emulsify until well blended. Return blended mixture to pot and return to a boil for 2 minutes. Add salt to taste.
MALENA'S TEX-MEX MOLE
As the Executive Director of Centro Cultural Aztlan and producer of the center's annual mole competition for the last 16 years, I have the distinct pleasure of tasting mole from at least 30 different moleros at this yearly event. For this recipe, I only use pecans from the most current harvest (prior fall) to make sure I don't end up with a rancid selection and ruin the entire recipe. We are fortunate that San Antonio, Texas has a large variety of pecan trees. We harvest our own pecans in the fall, and my dad shells a good amount and freezes them for all our baking and cooking needs. This is what lends our mole its unique flavor.
Provided by Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 2h
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Remove the stems, seeds and veins from the ancho and guajillo chiles. In a pan over medium-high heat, add 3 tablespoons of the oil and sauté the chiles for about 20 seconds on both sides. Transfer them to a pot with 3 quarts of very hot water. Sauté the tomatoes, tomatillo and garlic in the same pan until lightly roasted and fragrant, about 1 minute for the garlic and 2 to 3 minutes for the tomatoes and tomatillo; add them to the water with the chiles. Allow them to steep while you prepare the other ingredients, at least 30 minutes.
- Roast the pecans on a baking sheet for about 5 minutes. Allow them to cool, then process to a fine consistency in a food processor; set aside.
- Toast the bolillo in the oven directly on the rack until toasted and golden, 6 to 8 minutes. Let cool, then tear into large pieces and process in a food processor to make fine breadcrumbs; set aside (there should be about 3/4 cup of breadcrumbs).
- Toast the sesame seeds in a small pan over medium heat, stirring, until just beginning to turn light brown, about 3 minutes. Grind in a coffee or spice grinder until finely ground; set aside.
- In an 8-quart pot, add the remaining 3 tablespoons oil and set over medium heat.
- Drain the water from the chiles, tomatoes and garlic and begin blending them in a blender on high speed in batches. Add 1 cup of chicken broth to each batch, then pour into the 8-quart pot. Raise the heat to medium high and start adding the other ingredients. First, add the peanut butter and stir until it is well blended into the mixture. Next, add the ground sesame seeds and stir until you work out any lumps that may be visible in the sauce. Do the same with the finely ground pecans and chocolate tablet. Add the breadcrumbs, 1 teaspoon black pepper, cumin, cocoa, sugar, chopped chocolate and bouillon. Cook, stirring and working out any lumps that may be visible in the sauce. If you think the sauce is too thick, add another cup of broth. Bring down the heat to medium low while you start to sear the chicken.
- Heat a griddle (the type you use for pancakes) or large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper and sear on the griddle for 6 to 8 minutes per side.
- Add the chicken to the sauce and allow to simmer until the chicken is very tender and the mole is thickened, 45 to 60 minutes. Taste occasionally for more salt or sweetness to your liking.
- I like to accompany my mole with homemade Tex-Mex rice and bolillos. Enjoy. Buen provecho!
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