Dinner Tonight: Chiles en Nogada

Name: Dinner Tonight: Chiles en Nogada
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams evaporated milk; 6 cloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoons ground cumin; 454 grams ground pork; 170 grams heavy cream; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 larges onions, diced; 227 grams canned peaches in syrup, diced; 227 grams pineapple, diced; 4 poblano peppers; 4 servings Pomegranate seeds for garnish; 227 grams raisins; 2 roma tomatoes, diced; 4 servings Salt and pepper to taste; 57 grams sweet sherry (optional); 113 grams chopped walnuts

Need Head to the store and pick up walnuts, roma tomatoes, peaches in syrup, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the walnuts you could follow this main course with the Pistachio Cake with Walnuts as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Over an open flame, char the poblano peppers until the skins are blackened, then transfer to a bowl covered with a towel for 10 minutes to allow the steam to loosen the skins. Slip off the skins and carefully split the peppers along one side.

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Poblano Pepper

Peppers

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Bowl

Remove the seeds and membrane and rinse them carefully. Set aside to dry.

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Seeds

In the meantime, heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the onions and garlic. Cook until lightly browned, a few minutes, then add the tomatoes and cook for an additional two minutes.

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Olive Oil

Tomato

Garlic

Onion

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Frying Pan

Add the pork with a good few pinches of salt, breaking the pork up into small pieces as it cooks, until it is no longer pink and starting to take on some color.

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Pork

Salt

Add the pineapple, raisins, and peaches, and cook for an additional 5 minutes.

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Pineapple

Peach

Raisins

Add the cumin and season to taste.

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Cumin

To make the walnut sauce, purée the walnuts in a blender or small food processor with the cream and evaporated milk, and sherry if using. Season to taste with salt and pepper

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Evaporated Milk

Salt And Pepper

Walnuts

Sherry

Cream

Sauce

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To assemble the peppers, stuff them carefully with the mixture and, if desired, warm them through in a low oven. Top with the walnut sauce and pomegranate seeds, if using, and serve.

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Pomegranate Seeds