Pumpkin enchilladas with a mole sauce
By: Simon Rimmer From: Good Food Bites
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Pumpkin enchilladas with a mole sauce
- 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
- 10 red Chillies
- 2 tsp Coriander seeds
- 25 g blanched flaked Almonds
- 5 Black peppercorns
- 3 Cloves
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 Onions, sliced
- 3 clove Garlic, crushed
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 400g tin tinned chopped tomatoes
- 1 pinch Cinnamon
- 2 tsp Sugar
- 150ml vegetable stock
- 100g dark chocolate, 70% cocoa-solids, grated
To serve
- 6 tbsp Soured cream
- 6 limes, wedges
- 1 handful fresh Coriander
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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