Adventures in Food
Mexican Thanksgiving
I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving. Around here I happily spent very little time in the kitchen. Mr. Squid took over and made a Mexican feast. I wanted to pass along a few pictures, but I’m saving the recipes for 2012–after all, it’s time to start baking holiday cookies!
Our meal–Mole is a complex, hearty sauce that melds dozens of spices with chiles, chocolate, and nuts. The red mole (mole poblano) we make is traditionally made with turkey. Mr. Squid seared a bone-in turkey breast and then cooked it all day in a mole sauce in the crockpot. After cooking for hours the meat literally fell off the bone–no worries on how to carve the bird! To finish off the meal, he served it with whipped mashed potatoes (my job), fried white and blue corn tortilla strips, ranchero beans and garnished the dish with Mexican crema and fresh cilantro. I wish there were still leftovers!
Mr. Squid used the mole sauce as gravy for the potatoes--yummy
The sauce-soaked meat fell off the bone
Pinto beans roasting with epazote, onions, bacon, tomatoes, and cilantro
For dessert I made a streusel apple pie
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about 1 year ago
This looks wonderful. We’ve done this before too. At home, we’ve made homemade tacos, complete with our own sauce and frying the shells. With the neighbors, we have celebrated with her recipe for Pazole, which eventually made it into Relish Magazine!
about 1 year ago
That’s excellent. Posole is definitely a traditional recipe around the holidays too. Now I need to learn how to make tamales.
about 1 year ago
This pinto beans appeal to me. Comfort food on these cold nights.
about 1 year ago
oh, YUM.
about 1 year ago
this sounds like a fine way to celebrate Thanksgiving. and speaking of tamales, I’ve a friend whose parents were from Mexico and part of her childhood Christmas memories is her mother’s friends all gathering in the kitchen to make tamales for the holiday — so you’re right on time learning how to make them.
about 1 year ago
Holy mole…LOL!…that looks incredible. I think I’m going to come over to your place for Thanksgiving next year! It’s a great way to keep breast meat juicy and tender.
about 1 year ago
Oh my, what a delicious melding of flavors you had there. And who can resist streusel apple pie, anyway?
Turkey breast in the crockpot with a traditional Mexican sauce – that is not something I’ve heard of before, but that gives me ideas about using turkey in the crockpot! Delicious
Erika
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