Ingredients
- 3 tomatillos
- 1 plum tomato
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 small yellow onion
- 3 dried Ancho chile
- 2 Tablespoons toasted pecans
- 1/4 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 oz 100% cocoa
- 1 plantain
- 1/2 Teaspoon brown sugar
- 1/8 Teaspoon allspice
- 1/8 Teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 Teaspoon ground oregano
- 1/4 Teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup beef broth
- 1/2 cinnamon stick
- 2 cups broth from braising the pork belly (or additional beef broth)
- 1/8 Teaspoon of flour (more or less depending upon desired thickness)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cut up tomatillos, plum tomato and yellow onion into large chunks.
- Place on baking sheet along with garlic cloves.
- Broil until everything starts to brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool slightly then blend.
- Run through sieve twice and place in sauce pan.
- Add toasted pecans, chicken stock, cocoa, cinnamon stick and Ancho chiles.
- Let simmer approx. 30 minutes.
- In a separate fry pan, fry 6 slices of the plantain in a small amount of oil and then mash and add to sauce.
- Add brown sugar, allspice, ground cloves, oregano and black pepper.
- Continue simmering sauce and remove Ancho chiles after they have been in the sauce a total of 1 hour.
- Add beef broth and braised pork broth and continue to simmer until reduced to the desired consistency – the sauce should at least coat the back of a spoon.
- Run through sieve twice and return to pot.
- Serve when ready.