Mole Blanco

Name: Mole Blanco
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients: 1/2 white onion, peeled; 3 -4 garlic cloves, peeled; 2 peppercorns, preferably white; 1 pinch ground cinnamon; 5 cumin seeds; 1 jalapeno pepper, stemmed and seeded; 2 tablespoons corn oil (or other neutral oil); 1 cup pine nuts; salt

Submitted by Amandochka

"From NYTimes, May 2, 2007. Adapted from Carmen Ramírez Degollado."

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Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 9
Yields:: 1 cup

ingredients

¹⁄₂ white onion, peeled
3 -4 garlic cloves, peeled
2 peppercorns, preferably white
1 pinch ground cinnamon
5 cumin seeds
1 jalapeno pepper, stemmed and seeded
2 tablespoons corn oil (or other neutral oil)
1 cup pine nuts
salt

directions

Put onion, garlic, peppercorns, cinnamon, cumin and jalapeño in a blender. Add enough water to allow machine to purée mixture. Blend until uniformly smooth.
Put oil in a deep skillet or broad saucepan over medium heat. Add puréed mixture and cook, stirring almost constantly, until reduced and thickened.
Put pine nuts in a blender with enough water to allow machine to purée; blend until smooth.
Add puréed pine nuts to simmering mixture and salt to taste. Cook, stirring, until thickened, 5 to 10 minutes; taste and adjust seasoning and serve with chicken or fish.