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Mole de Plátano

Name: Mole de Plátano
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Guatemala
Ingredients: 3 (ripe) Plantain; 60g Chocolate; 3 tbsp White Sesame Seeds; 30g Pumpkin seeds; 1 Tomato; 1 Red Chili Pepper; 1 Cinnamon stick; 3 tbsp Sugar; To taste Oil for frying

Dessert

⏱ 50 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Fried plantain simmered in a chocolate and sesame mole sauce — a sweet Guatemalan dessert.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mole de plátano is a Guatemalan dessert of fried ripe plantain simmered in a mole sauce of chocolate, sesame, pumpkin seeds, chili, and cinnamon. Sweetness, a hint of heat, and spice aromas intertwine in complex ways. It's made especially at Christmas and during Holy Week.

🌆 Where it's eaten: During Holy Week in Antigua, processions move along streets carpeted with flowers while sweet mole desserts are laid out on family tables.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Plantain 3 (ripe)
Chocolate 60g
White Sesame Seeds 3 tbsp
Pumpkin seeds 30g
Tomato 1
Red Chili Pepper 1
Cinnamon stick 1
Sugar 3 tbsp
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the plantains diagonally and fry until golden.
Dry-toast the sesame, pumpkin seeds, red chili, and cinnamon.
Char the tomatoes.
Blend the toasted ingredients, tomatoes, and 300ml water.
Put in a pot, add the chocolate and sugar, and simmer until thick.
Add the fried plantain, simmer 5 minutes, and scatter with sesame.

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