Pumpkin enchilladas with a mole sauce

By: Simon Rimmer From: Good Food Bites

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Prep time:
45 mins
Cook time:
20 mins
Serves:
4

It's an unusual combination but mole sauce, made with chillies and chocolate, is a Mexican favourite. And it goes particularly well with Simon Rimmer's veggie enchilladas

Ingredients

For the enchildas

  • 6 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 Butternut squash, peeled and cut into 3cm cubes
  • 400g refried beans, canned
  • 1 handful fresh Coriander, chopped
  • 1 red chillies, chopped
  • 12 soft flour tortillas

For the sauce

To serve

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Method

1. To make the sauce, put the chillies, coriander seeds, sesame seeds, almonds, peppercorns and cloves in a mortar and pestle and crush. Tip into a frying pan and dry-fry for a minute or so until lightly charred.

2. In a separate pan, heat the oil and fry the onion, garlic and cocoa powder for 2 minutes.

3. Add the tomatoes and bring to the boil, then add the dry-fried spices, the cinnamon, sugar and stock and cook for 25 minutes. Transfer to a blender and whiz until smooth. Turn out and stir in the chocolate.

4. Preheat the oven to 200?C/gas 6. Put some oil in a roasting tin and heat in the oven. Tip the squash into the tin, season well and roast for 40 minutes until soft.

5. Put the squash in a bowl, add the refried beans, coriander and red chilli and stir to mix.

6. Divide the mixture between the tortillas, roll up and cut the ends straight. Put in a baking dish, cover and cook in the oven for about 12 minutes, until warmed through. Heat the sauce through in a medium pan.
7. To serve, put two tortillas on each plate and spoon over some of the sauce. Serve with soured cream, lime wedges and coriander.

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