Traditional Mexican Mole Paste
Mole is a sophisticated sauce with complex flavors every Mexican food enthusiast should know how to make from scratch. A traditional dish with ancient origins, mole is prepared with a blend of dried chiles, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, almonds, plantain, and a sweet touch of Mexican chocolate and piloncillo no one can resist.
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Preparation
1h
30 mins
Easy
  • For the mole paste: Heat a pot with vegetable oil and fry all ingredients except Mexican chocolate and piloncillo. Change oil as many times as needed, ideally twice. Give time to each ingredient to fry without burning. Cool all ingredients.
  • Grind all fried ingredients in a grinder or a food processor to a soft, uniform paste. Do not remove all the fat from the mole paste.
  • Heat a pot over low heat with pork lard and fry mole paste, Mexican chocolate, and piloncillo for 5 minutes.
  • Remove mole from heat. Cool and store.

Nutritional information

* * Information per 100g serving, percent daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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