Ingredients: |
Ingredients: NOGADA SAUCE
4 oz goat cheese or cream cheese
1C walnuts (or pecans)
1C diced bread
1-1/2C milk
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1Tbsp brown sugar
STUFFED POBLANOS
6 Poblano peppers
1 Tbsp oil
1/2C onion chopped fine
2 cloves minced garlic
1 medium ripe tomato finely chopped
1 Tbsp minced fresh cilantro
1 lb ground beef
1C cooked diced potato
1/3C golden raisins
2 Tbsp slivered almonds
1 orange, zest & juice, or 1/2c candied citron
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1Tbsp brown sugar
GARNISH
1/2C Pomegranate seeds
2 Tbsp chopped parsley leaves
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Directions: |
Directions:Roast poblanos over an open flame until skin is blackened/charred on all sides. Remove from flame as they are done and seal in a plastic bag until cool. When cool, you should be able to peel the poblanos by rubbing with a paper towel or scraping gently with a table knife. Scrape off as much of the blackened skin as possible. Leave the tops on and cut a small, 2-3 inch, slit lengthwise in the side of the pepper and carefully remove the seeds.
SAUCE- Add all the sauce ingredients to a blender and process until thoroughly pureed. Set aside or store in refrigerator until ready to plate.
FILLING- in a large skillet, saute onions in oil, add garlic and saute for 1 to 2 minutes more. Add meat and cook, stirring, until cooked through. Season with salt and pepper. Add tomato, cilantro, potato, cook a couple minutes, then add raisins, almonds, and orange juice and zest. Cook a couple minutes, then remove from heat. Carefully stuff the mixture into the chiles, taking care not to tear the chiles open. (if you do, they're still good).
Transfer stuffed chiles carefully to a serving platter, cover with sauce and sprinkle with pomegranate seeds and parsley.
For a slightly easier version, but still fairly tasty, instead of roasting and peeling the chiles, seed and dice them raw, add them into the stuffing mixture at the same time as the onions then roll the stuffing into a large flour tortilla, cover with sauce, and garnish as above. |
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