Makes 2 cups
10 dried red chile pods (ancho or
guajillo), stemmed and seeded
4 cloves garlic, peeled
1 15-oz. can whole fire-roasted
tomatoes
1 tsp. ground cumin
1. Bring 6 cups water to a boil. Break
off tops of chiles, and shake out seeds.
Reserve seeds.
2. Add chiles and garlic to boiling
water. Simmer 15 minutes, or until very
soft. Place chiles, garlic and ½ cup
cooking water in blender, and pulse
until smooth.
3. Strain purée though fine mesh
strainer to remove bits of chile skins.
Scrape purée from bottom of strainer
with spatula.
4. Place chile purée back in blender
with tomatoes, cumin and reserved chile
seeds. Pulse until smooth. Season with
salt. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
PER SERVING: 80 CAL; 3G PROT; 2G TOTAL FAT
(0G SAT FAT); 14G CARB; 0mg CHOL; 130MG SOD.;
5G FIBER; 2G SUGARS
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