Mexico
Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0, croppedMole poblano
/ˈmole poˈβlano/MOH-leh poh-BLAH-noh
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- When
- Lunch & dinnerFestive
- Taste
- RichSweetSpicy
- Made with
- ChickenNuts & seeds
History
Mole comes from the Nahuatl word mōlli, sauce. Mole poblano, from Puebla, is the most famous of dozens: a dark sauce of several dried chillies such as ancho, mulato and pasilla, ground with nuts, seeds, spices, fried bread or tortilla, dried fruit and a little chocolate, cooked for hours and served over turkey or chicken with sesame on top. A legend says nuns at the Convent of Santa Rosa invented it in the late 17th century for a visiting archbishop, though the sauce is clearly rooted in pre-Hispanic cooking. It is the dish of weddings, baptisms and feasts across Mexico.
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