Pulled pork with Mexican almond mole sauce
Popular in Mexican cuisine, a mole is a thick sauce with complex flavours. Great help-yourself party food
Difficulty and servings
Serves 6
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 20 mins
Cook 2 hrs 10 mins
Only pork can be frozen
- Heat the oil in a casserole dish. Brown the pork for about 10 mins until golden all over, stir in the tomato purée and cook for 1 min. Pour over the chicken stock, then add the strips of orange zest and juice, cinnamon and thyme. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, then cover and simmer for 1½ hrs.
- Meanwhile, make the sauce. Heat a non-stick frying pan and dry-fry the onions and whole garlic cloves for about 5 mins, turning often until softened and lightly charred all over. Tip into a blender. Add the tomatoes to the pan. Cook for 3 mins until starting to blister and char, then tip into the blender. Add 1 tbsp oil to the pan. Fry 1 of the tortillas for 1 min on each side until golden. Tear into pieces and tip into the blender. Adding more oil if you need, fry the almonds for 3 mins until golden. Add to the blender. Finally add the raisins, coriander and cumin to the pan and cook for 1-2 mins until the raisins are plump. Add these to the blender along with the chipotle paste and finely chopped chocolate. Whizz together until a rough paste forms.
- Using a slotted spoon, remove the meat from the pan to a board, leave to cool a little, then use forks or your fingers to tear into shreds. Remove the cinnamon, orange zest and thyme sprigs from the pan and discard. Pour a little of the cooking liquid into the blender, then carefully whizz together with the mole sauce. Tip sauce into the pan with the rest of the pork cooking juices. Simmer on the hob for 10-15 mins, then return the shredded pork to the pan and cook for 20 mins more. Season to taste. Can be made up to this point up to 2 days in advance and stored in the fridge or frozen for up to 3 months.
- Just before serving, microwave the tortillas for 1 min to warm them. Toss together all the salsa ingredients and season well. Set everything out on the table. To serve, spoon some of the pork mole onto a tortilla, top with some salsa, then roll up and eat.
Easy almond brittle
Place 100g caster sugar and 3 tbsp water in a pan, then gently simmer for 5-10 mins or until you have a golden caramel. Tip in 50g toasted flaked almonds, immediately pour onto a sheet of baking paper on a chopping board and leave to cool completely. Snap and serve with ice cream or eat for a snack.
794 kcalories, protein 43.0g, carbohydrate 84.0g, fat 34.0 g, saturated fat 6.0g, fibre 7.0g, sugar 17.0g, salt 3.52 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2010.
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Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 750g trimmed pork shoulder , cut into large chunks
- 1 tsp tomato purée
- 200ml hot chicken stock
- strips of zest and juice 1 orange
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 thyme sprigs
FOR THE MOLE SAUCE
- 2 onions , cut into chunks
- 2 garlic cloves
- 250g pack cherry tomatoes
- 2-3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 x 335g packs corn tortillas
- 50g flaked almonds
- 50g raisins
- 2 tsp each ground coriander and cumin
- 1-2 tsp chipotle paste
- 25g plain chocolate , finely chopped
FOR THE SALSA
- 200g radishes , trimmed and thinly sliced
- 2 avocados , chopped
- juice 2 limes
- bunch coriander , leaves only
- 1-2 green chillies , finely chopped
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 6
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 20 mins
Cook 2 hrs 10 mins
Only pork can be frozen
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 750g trimmed pork shoulder , cut into large chunks
- 1 tsp tomato purée
- 200ml hot chicken stock
- strips of zest and juice 1 orange
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 thyme sprigs
FOR THE MOLE SAUCE
- 2 onions , cut into chunks
- 2 garlic cloves
- 250g pack cherry tomatoes
- 2-3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 x 335g packs corn tortillas
- 50g flaked almonds
- 50g raisins
- 2 tsp each ground coriander and cumin
- 1-2 tsp chipotle paste
- 25g plain chocolate , finely chopped
FOR THE SALSA
- 200g radishes , trimmed and thinly sliced
- 2 avocados , chopped
- juice 2 limes
- bunch coriander , leaves only
- 1-2 green chillies , finely chopped
794 kcalories, protein 43.0g, carbohydrate 84.0g, fat 34.0 g, saturated fat 6.0g, fibre 7.0g, sugar 17.0g, salt 3.52 g
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