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Chiles en Nogada

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Chiles en Nogada

Mexico's most patriotic dish — roasted poblano chillis stuffed with spiced pork and fruit, topped with walnut cream and pomegranate.

Total time
75 min
Prep
45 min
Cook
30 min
Difficulty
hard
Cuisine
Mexican
gluten-free

Ingredients

8large poblano chillis
400gpork mince
1pear, diced
1peach, diced
50graisins
50gblanched almonds, chopped
2 clovesgarlic, minced
1tomato, diced
1 tspcinnamon
200gwalnuts, peeled
200gcream cheese
150mlsour cream
1 tspsugar
seeds of 1 pomegranateto garnish
fresh flat leaf parsleyto garnish

Instructions

1

Char poblanos over a gas flame until blackened all over, place in a bag to steam 15 minutes.

2

Peel and carefully slit each chilli, remove seeds keeping chilli whole.

3

Fry pork with garlic, tomato, cinnamon, fruit and raisins until fragrant and dry.

4

Stuff each chilli with pork mixture, close opening.

5

Blend walnuts, cream cheese, sour cream and sugar into a smooth thick sauce.

6

Arrange stuffed chillis on a platter, pour walnut cream over.

7

Scatter with pomegranate seeds and flat leaf parsley — green, white and red like the Mexican flag.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
958
Protein
40.6g
Fat
80.6g
Carbs
26.4g
Fiber
6g
Sodium
244mg

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