02/11/2025
Albondigas en mole
Ingredients for mole Guajillo, chipotle, morita, green tomato, ripe tomatoes, serrano, onion, garlic, tortilla, hunk of bread, crackers, ginger, sesame, allspice, cloves, salt, black pepper, dark chocolate
Everything except the chocolate and sesame seeds gets fried briefly in oil then simmered in water or stock for a bit. Sesame gets dry pan toasted then ground in the molcajete. Chocolate gets melted in later. These ingredients in water get blended with an immersion blender.
For the meatballs I use a very similar method as Marcella Hazen. These aren't a typical Mexican style but more Italian method but with Mexican centric ingredients. In the mortar and pestle is rough pounded chicharrones. In the bowl is ground pork and beef and cilantro in place of parsley, ground garlic and a panade of my house made bread and ground tortilla chips.
