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Title: Pipian Paste (Pumkin Seed Paste)
Categories: Spice Condiment
Yield: 1 Servings

3 Pasilla chiles (dry) seeded
4 Ancho or mulato chiles (dry)
  Seeded
1lgWhite onion chopped
1cPumpkin seeds
2tbSesame seeds
1/2tsCinnamon
1tbCumin ground
  Peanut oil
1tsPeanut butter
  Hot chicken stock or beer

Something I concocted this weekend. I made monkfish enchiladas with this:

Place chiles in a glass bowl. Cover with boiling water for 10-15 minutes to reconstitute. Drain. Puree in blendor or food processor or molcajete. Reserve

Toast pumpkin seeds. Toast sesame seeds. Grind them finely. Add these with other dry ingredients to chile puree.

Saute onions in peanut oil til nearly caramelized. Add chilepaste & peanut butter. Saute for 10-15 minutes, adjusting fluid with chicken stock or beer as needed.

Use as an enchilada sauce or use as a base to cook chicken, fish, shrimp, pork, venison in a guisado.pipian.

"Theodore B. Samsel" From the Chile-Heads Recipe Collection URL: http://chile.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu:8000/www/recipe.html

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