Comments on: ¡Holy Mole Cannoli! http://www.limeduck.com/2008/06/03/%c2%a1holy-mole-cannoli/ the number one blog about limeduck since 2006 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:53:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Julia http://www.limeduck.com/2008/06/03/%c2%a1holy-mole-cannoli/#comment-1697 Julia Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:21:17 +0000 http://www.limeduck.com/?p=601#comment-1697 I had always thought that Mole was the chocolate Chile sauce from Mexico, too… until I traveled to Oaxaca – the Mole Capital of Mexico. In fact there are at least seven varieties. Ramekins statement that the word “Mole” comes from the Aztec word “Molli,” meaning “concoction,” “stew” or “sauce” makes sense, but the concoction can be a variety of flavors. According to famed Oaxacan cookbook author Susanna Trilling there are: Amarillo (yellow from chilies, tomatoes and tomatillos), Chichilo, Coloradito, Manchameanteles (sweet and fruity from pineapple and plantains), Negro (the king of moles -- which is actual the kind served at Mole Cannoli), Rojo, Tesmole (a thinner version), and Verde. Most Oaxacan restaurants will serve a different flavor each day of the week! In the markets they sell mole pastes in all varieties and flavors, that can be reconstituted at home. Perhaps we should have a mole tasting around Boston to compare the different varieties?? I had always thought that Mole was the chocolate Chile sauce from Mexico, too… until I traveled to Oaxaca – the Mole Capital of Mexico. In fact there are at least seven varieties. Ramekins statement that the word “Mole” comes from the Aztec word “Molli,” meaning “concoction,” “stew” or “sauce” makes sense, but the concoction can be a variety of flavors. According to famed Oaxacan cookbook author Susanna Trilling there are: Amarillo (yellow from chilies, tomatoes and tomatillos), Chichilo, Coloradito, Manchameanteles (sweet and fruity from pineapple and plantains), Negro (the king of moles — which is actual the kind served at Mole Cannoli), Rojo, Tesmole (a thinner version), and Verde. Most Oaxacan restaurants will serve a different flavor each day of the week! In the markets they sell mole pastes in all varieties and flavors, that can be reconstituted at home.

Perhaps we should have a mole tasting around Boston to compare the different varieties??

]]> By: Leslie http://www.limeduck.com/2008/06/03/%c2%a1holy-mole-cannoli/#comment-1696 Leslie Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:15:20 +0000 http://www.limeduck.com/?p=601#comment-1696 OMG! This sounds amazing. I wish I could have gone. I LOVE mole...and guac and salsa and bean salad and jicama.... Ole soon? OMG! This sounds amazing. I wish I could have gone. I LOVE mole…and guac and salsa and bean salad and jicama…. Ole soon?

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