Mole Poblano De Guajolote

Name: Mole Poblano De Guajolote
Yield: Serves 6-8
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 70 g/2½ oz sesame seeds; 1 X 3 kg/6½ lb turkey; 6 dried mixed peppers; 2 fresh or dried hot chillies like mulato, ancho, pasilla, etc. (or more if you like really hot stuff); 1 bouquet garni (including parsley, thyme, and a bayleaf); 2 sticks celery; 100 g/3½ oz bitter chocolate; 4 cloves garlic, crushed; 55 g/2 oz almonds, flaked; 2 large onions, chopped; 3 carrots, diced; pepper, salt; 3 tomatoes, skinned, de-seeded, chopped; 55 g/2 oz lard; 55 g/2 oz raisins; 2 cloves; 1 tsp cinnamon; 4 star anis

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chocolate

By Sara Jayne Stanes

Published 1999

About

Mole is the black, often fiery, sauce which is traditionally made with chocolate and cocoa as well as some 30 other ingredients including chillies, coriander and cornflour. The mole sauce here, although less complicated, is nevertheless excellent.

Ingredients

1 X 3 kg/6½ lb turkey
55 g/2

Americas
Mexico
Savoury
Main course
Central America
Gluten-free

Method

Cut away turkey flesh and dice into large pieces and put to one side. Brown the carcass in the oven and put into a stock pot (or similar). Make a stock from it, covering it with water and adding herbs (but no salt). Bring to the boil and immediately turn down to simmer for at least one hour. Strain through a fine sieve, return to pan and reduce to about 1