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Title: Red Pipian Categories: Tex-mex, Spices, Homemade, Hot/spicy, Appetizer Yield: 1 Pipian 2 oz Dried ancho chiles 2 oz Dried New Mexico red chiles 1 qt -almost boiling water (enough to cover chiles) 3/4 lb Roma tomatoes 1/2 c Onions; chopped 4 oz Dry-roasted pumpkin seeds 6 Cloves garlic; roasted 2 Chipoltle chiles in adobo Sauce 1 ts Adobo suace 1/2 c Dry-roasted peanuts 1/2 ts Ground allspice 1 ts Cinnamon pn Ground cloves 1 ts Sugar 1 ts To 2 t salt 1 tb Peanut oil Remove the stems and seeds from the dried chiles, then roast them a few minutes on a hot grill. Cover them with the hot water and rehydrate them for about 1/2 hour, or until they are soft. While the chiles are soaking, roast the tomatoes on a griddle, or under the broiler, until the skins blacken. Saute the onion in oil until slightly borwned. Place onion, tomatoes and pumpkin seeds in the blender or food processor and puree to form a paste. Add the chiles, 1/2 cup of the chile water, garlic, chipotles, abobo sauce, peanuts, spices, sugar and salt and continue to puree until smooth. Heat peanut oil in a skillet and "refry" this sauce for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly. That's all there is to it - Good as an appetizer spread, a sauce for grilled meats, etc. Source: Fran Siebengartner
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