Sweet Verde Mole
Pumpkin seeds, sesame and pine nuts....Holy Mole!
Sweet and regular recipe posted shortly!
Mole Verde (Regular)
1/2 small onion
2 garlic cloves, peeled
1/4 teaspoon coriander seed
1/4 teaspoon anise seed
½ cup pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
3/4 teaspoon dried chili pepper flakes
3/4 teaspoon black peppercorns
2 whole cloves
¼ cup sesame seed, toasted
2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
1 stick cinnamon
½ cup EVOO, divided
2 corn tortilla (let air dry while assembling ingredients)
1/4 ripe plantain, sliced
¼ cup pine nuts
1 leaf fresh thyme
1 sprig Italian parsley
1 tsp salt
6 oz mexican chocolate, chopped
1 cup agave syrup
In oil, saute the onion, garlic, and herbs. Add the nuts, seeds, as well as rest of the ingredients with the remaining oil a little at a time (except for plantain, tortilla, chocolate and agave) and allow to toast. Cool. Grind into a paste or use a processor. Process the plantain, tortilla, chocolate and agave- mix into the paste.
At this point you may add vegetable broth to the paste and make a sauce to serve over tofu, seitan, or tempeh. Heck, I also use it as a marinade.
Sweet Mole Verde:
Follow the above recipe, omit the onion, garlic, and coriander. Use a whole plantain- if you wish it sweeter, add a little more agave.
Yum!!!!