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Chiles en Nogada (Stuffed Chile Peppers with Almonds)
Chiles en nogada is a Mexican dish of stuffed chile peppers served with a nut-based sauce (nogada). Read the recipe carefully before preparing. Please note that this is a spicy dish.
Ingredients
- almonds, peeled20–30
- peaches6–9
- apples5–7
- pears4–6
- oil
- ground meat1 pound
- salt, to taste
- raisins
- poblano peppers10–15
- eggs10
- flour1 cup
- walnuts, peeled1 pound
- rum, optional1/2 cup
- milk5 cups
- white cheese, white5–6 slices
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 10 steps
Cut the almonds in 2–4 pieces. Peel the peaches, apples, and pears, and chop them up in very tiny pieces. Set aside.
Fry the ground meat in a pan with garlic and salt (to taste) over low heat in a spoonful of oil.
When the meat is cooked, add the fruit and the raisins, and fry for about 4 minutes. Let cool.
Put the poblano peppers on the stove and let them get toasted.
After toasting them put the peppers in water and cut them on one of the long sides. Wash away the veins and the dark toasted spots on them.
Stuff the peppers with the fruit-meat mixture.
Crack and separate the eggs. Whip the whites until puffy, then beat in the flour and yolks until it reaches a yellowish point.
Dip the whole pepper in the yellowish content that you just prepared and put in a pan to fry until light brown. Do repeatedly until done with all the peppers. Set aside while you make the nogada.
Grind the walnuts, milk, cheese, and rum in the blender for about a minute. After it will look white if done right
Pour over the peppers and enjoy!
