Mexico
Photo: Jessica Toledo, CC BY-SA 4.0, croppedChiles en nogada
/ˈtʃiles en noˈɣaða/CHEE-les en noh-GAH-dah
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- Taste
- SavorySweet
- Made with
- VegetablesPorkNuts & seedsDairy & cheese
History
Chiles en nogada carry the colours of the Mexican flag: green poblano chillies stuffed with a picadillo of meat, fruit and spices, covered with a white walnut sauce and sprinkled with red pomegranate seeds and green parsley. The usual story says the nuns of Santa Mónica convent in Puebla created it in 1821 to honour Agustín de Iturbide, after the signing of the treaty that ended the war of independence, though historians question this. It is seasonal: walnuts, pomegranates and the fruits for the filling ripen together in August and September, around Mexico's independence day.
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