Mole Sauce - Nutty and Subtle Spicy

By ngteller

Mole Sauce - My first attempt

Ingredients

• Stage 1:
• 1 dried pasilla chile
• 2 chipotles in adobo, seeded and chopped
• 1 cup cooked black beans
• 1 oz dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1/3 cup almonds, toasted
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• Stage 2:
• 2 cups chicken stock
• Stage 3:
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
• 2 shallots, peeled and coarsely chopped

Preparation

Step 1

Rehydrate pasilla chile with boiling water. Let it soak about 30 minutes. Then deseed and chop coarsely.

Put all stage 1 ingredients into a food processor and turn on.

Slowly add chicken stock allowing the processor to smooth the sauce.

Heat stage 3 in a saute pan and gently saute. Once soft, add them to food processor and blend again.

Transfer to pot/pan and simmer on low 10 minutes.