Yellow Mole

If making mole intimidates you, relax in knowing that it gets better with age, so you can prepare it a couple of days ahead. Contrary to popular belief, not all moles contain chocolate (all do, however, contain chiles); in Spanish, mole means “to grind.” Masa harina thickens the sauce, much like all-purpose flour is used as a thickening agent in classic French sauces. But what is very un-French is frying the mole in hot lard, a crucial step that takes away the raw taste of the