Nutty Chocolate Mole

The weekend is over and I have 30 pages of written work to show for it.

But who cares about papers when there is Chocolate Almond Mole to share!

I am absolutely nuts over this recipe and I’ve even made it twice in one week just to make sure it wasn’t a fluke (it wasn’t)

It’s funny how our palette develops over time. I remember years ago thinking the combination of chocolate and chile was disgusting, but now I can’t get enough of it.

I think San Churro’s Aztec Hot Cocoa is to thank for that.

I made a recipe of my take on a mole sauce. I didn’t include some traditional ingredients like tomatoes (guess my palette has more developing to do…)

I started this recipe combo by using two variations for the base

• Justin’s Chocolate Peanut Butter
• Justin’s Chocolate Almond Butter

I made them with the same mixture of spices and put them on two different vessels

• Tofu
• Tempeh

I even tried dipping plain baked tofu in the raw mole sauce and it resulted in a concoction that looked like a chocolate dipped marshmallow.

I also discovered that a painting technique worked best instead of dipping the tofu/tempeh in the mixture.

Out. Of. This. World.

First you’re hit by the sweetness of the honey, then comes the unforgettable taste of the chocolate almond heightened by the salt, and finally you’re left with a kick of heat from the cayenne.

I won’t leave you waiting…Recipe time!

Nutty Chocolate Mole

I made this recipe for a single serve, so double or triple it for more people or more food

• 2 T or one squeeze pack of Justin’s Chocolate Almond or Peanut Butter
• 1/4 t cayenne
• 1/4 t honey
• 1/8 t salt
• 1/8 ~1/4 t cinnamon
• 1 T water

1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl until mixed
2. “Paint” mole sauce onto tempeh/tofu/seitan/chicken

I baked the tempeh for about 25 minutes at 350, but obviously the chicken would be differentOut of the oven and gorgeous. I’m going to bake tempeh nuggets and cover them with mole sauce asap.

The mole sauce would be delicious on seitan (for the vegos), or chicken (for the meat eaters), or even over a bowl of vanilla ice cream, mmmm

I have to ask…peanut butter or almond butter?

x

Casey

Tags: cayenne, chocolate almond, chocolate peanut, cinnamon, honey, Justin's Nut Butter, mole, tempeh, Tofu