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Pink Mole and Charcoal-Grilled Beetroot

FDL
By
Fine Dining Lovers
Editorial Staff
Difficulty
Intermediate
Total Time
1H 0MIN

Ingredients

Cinnamon sticks: 2 cm

Star anise: 1 pcs

Cloves: 3 pcs

Cumin: 1 teaspoon

Piñón rosa: 100 g

Almonds: 100 g

Chili pepper: 3

Sesame: 90 g

Salt: to taste

Beetroots: 1 (100 g)

Onion: 1 (100 g)

Garlic: 2

Lard: 150 g for sauté

Broth: 200 ml

Baby beetroots: 10

Corn dough: 1 kg

Apple cider vinegar

Caster sugar: 30 g

Salt

Water

Coal

Chyntia Xrysw Ruelas Diaz presents her favourite and traditional, yet little-known mole, 'mole rosa y betabel'.

The Mexican-inspired vegetarian dish is full of flavour and surprise, perfect for a special occasion at home, to be shared with friends, family or even a lover.

Diaz says that both the choice of ingredients and cooking techniques reflect the history of her country, pre and post-colonisation, and is a means of preserving native ingredients and techniques while looking to the future.

Method

01.
Pink Mole

Light the coals. Clean the beetroot then place it directly under the coals. 

cooking beetroot
02.

Meanwhile, one by one, toast the cinnamon sticks, star anise, clover, cumin and chilli pepper, and set aside.

toast spices
03.

In the same skillet, heat the lard and brown the ingredients in the following order, one by one: onion and garlic, sesame, almond and piñón rosa.

cooking onion, chili pepper, garlic
04.

Process with a metate by grinding the spices first, then the dry ingredients. Finally, remove the beetroot from under the coals, let it cool, and grind it.

crush spices and beetrooth
You can use a blender instead of a metate.
05.

Once everything has been ground, add chicken or vegetable broth. Season and reserve.

pink mole
You can heat the broth in a saucepan and add it to the spices in a blender until smooth.
06.
Charcoal-grilled beetroot

Light the charcoal on a grill. In the meantime season the corn dough with salt, knead and set aside. 

Corn dough
07.

Cover the baby beetroot with a layer of corn dough (a tortilla press can be used), and cook under the coal or in the pan until the baby beetroot is soft.


 

Beet covered with a layer of corn dough
08.

Remove and rest for 20 min. Then remove the layer of dough that covers them.
 

remove dough
09.

In a small saucepan, add vinegar, sugar and salt. Immerse the beetroot here and heat to reduce a little. Heat the pink mole.

 

heat pink mole
10.
Plating

Arrange the pink mole on a plate first and place the baby beetroot in the centre.

To garnish, use some vinegar reduction with sugar, and decorate with edible flowers if desired.

plating
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