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Diana

Feb 28, 2003, 8:26 AM

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chile rellenos

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Stuck here in Michigan, I am unable to locate a recipe (authentic) for chile rellenos, made without canned anything. Thanks for your help.



jennifer rose

Feb 28, 2003, 8:29 AM

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Re: [Diana] chile rellenos

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Would you like to make them with dried chiles or fresh poblanos?


Diana

Feb 28, 2003, 8:33 AM

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Re: [jennifer rose] chile rellenos

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fresh if possible. I do have access to fresh poblanos.

Thank you!


jennifer rose

Feb 28, 2003, 8:46 AM

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Re: [Diana] chile rellenos

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At http://mexico.udg.mx/.../ChilesRellenos.html is an interesting recipe for chiles stuffed with beans and rice, one of my favorites – although this isn’t what most folks think of when they hear “Chiles Rellenos.”

Karen Hursch Graber has another interesting variation with chicken and huitlacoche. http://www.mexconnect.com/.../kghuitlachiles.html

The usual version – chiles stuffed with cheese – can be found at http://www.mexconnect.com/...st/anchilreleng.html

Now, about peeling those chiles. Sometimes I don’t bother, simply scoring the chiles with a fork. But that’s lazy, not authentic. An easier route to charring and peeling the chiles, particularly if you do not have a gas stove or comal (or even if you do), is to place them on a baking sheet under the broiler, just long enough to char each side. Removing them from the broiler, put the chiles in a plastic bag and close it up. Wait for above ten minutes (or long enough to prepare the batter), and remove. The steam will cook the chiles, and the skins will slip off easily.


(This post was edited by jennifer rose on Feb 28, 2003, 8:47 AM)


Diana

Mar 1, 2003, 4:41 AM

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Re: [jennifer rose] chile rellenos

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Thanks for the recipes. Can you translate huitlacoche for me. No one I know knows what it is. Thank you.


Uncle Jack


Mar 1, 2003, 5:34 AM

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Re: [Diana] chile rellenos

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It's a fungus that grows on corn during the rainy season and is used much like mushrooms. Back in the Midwest, they call it "Corn Smut".

UJ


Diana

Mar 1, 2003, 7:05 AM

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Re: [Uncle Jack] chile rellenos

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Once again I thank you. I am expanding my culinary horizions daily!!

Great fun.


DavidMcL / Moderator


Mar 1, 2003, 11:22 AM

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Diana, here is a link to an article about and recipes for huitlacoche :
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/recipes/puebla/kghuitlacoche.html
Gifts of the Rainy Season - HUITLACOCHE

For me it is a special food (the Aztec classified it as a meat as it is so high in protein - or so I understand!) that produces a wonderful earthy flavour - no, not like dirt - in the many recipes it can be used in.

Look for the canned in your area, but buy the small one the first time! Not a flavour for everybody.

David
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