Mountain Mole (Mole Serrano)
From Amy Gale's Recipe Pages
Ingredients:
- 10-12 lb. turkey
- 2 chilies anchos
- 3 large tomatoes, peeled and chopped
- 1/2 lb. blanched almonds
- 3 oz. seedless raisins
- 1 banana
- 3 squares chocolate
- 1/3 cup cracker crumbs
- 20 cloves
- 2 two-inch sticks cinnamon
- 1 cup fat
- 2 Tbs. salt
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
- grated cheese (preferably Queso Fresco, but Parmigiano will do)
Procedure:
- Clean turkey, cut into portions and cook in enough water to cover until
tender.
- Remove seeds from chiles, toast lightly over direct flame and
soak in two cups of water for one hour.
- Chop together the chiles, tomatoes,
almonds, raisins, banana, chocolate, cracker crumbs, cloves and cinnamon.
Fry in the fat about ten minutes.
- Add salt and simmer another five
minutes.
- Add the stock in which the turkey was cooked, pouring until the
sauce is very thick.
- Put cooked turkey pieces in the pot with other
ingredients and simmer a few minutes. Remove.
- Serve sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds and crumbled Queso Fresco.
Yield: 10-12 servings.
By Bob Nemerovski / molepage@ramekins.com