Delicious Torta de mole

Delicious torta de mole

 

Mole is one of the most complex Mexican dishes you can make. If you want to make a good mole, you have to start by selecting the best and freshest ingredients possible. Dried chiles are the foundation for making mole and the kind and quality of these will determine the flavor and color of your mole. 

 

There are different colors of mole that ranges from yellowish all the way to black , the red and the green mole are among the most popular and there might be thousands of recipes. I can assure you that each Mexican household has their own recipe. 

 

There are four important groups of ingredients that a mole needs in order to be called "mole”. First the dried chile mix, the seeds, the nuts, and veggies. You can also not forget the chocolate! 

Again the kinds of each of these will determine the flavor and color of your mole sauce. 

 

I really enjoyed helping my mom make mole. It was a three day process because she goes through each step very meticulously and somehow really enjoyed the process of making it. 

 

If you live in another country and some ingredients are hard to get or even if you don't have the time to make it from scratch, now a days there are several types of dehydrated mole paste. They are truly really, really good and you can have a mole on your table in no time. 

 

There is no shame in making mole using a ready to use paste. Yet, I encourage making mole from scratch so that you can get the appreciation for the process and so that you can really see the transformative process of mole. 

 

To make these tortas, I used a mole paste and it is soooo yummy! 

 

I made a live stream on how I make the torta and a little immersive video on the process of making the mole paste. How to make mole sauce quick.