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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat broiler. | 2. If nopales have thorns, carefully trim them from cactus paddles with scissors, then rub paddles with clean plastic scouring pad to get rid of the very small ones. | 3. Rinse with water and brush each side with a little olive oil. | 4. Set on a cookie sheet and broil, turning occasionally, until limp, (10 to 15 minutes). | 5. Set the cooked cactus paddles aside to cool. | 6. When cool, cut in half lengthwise, then cut each half into 1/4-inch-wide slices. | 7. Place the tomatillos and tomatoes whole on baking sheet and broil until soft and blackened in spots, about 4 minutes. | 8. Turn and broil on other side. | 9. Set aside to cool; peel tomatoes when cool. | 10. While the cactus is being cooked, combine the garlic, jalapenos, onion, anise seed and olive oil in large stockpot. | 11. Saute until onions are tender (not browned) and garlic is fragrant, about 6 minutes. | 12. Combine roasted vegetables in food processor with 2 cups of the vegetable stock and the cilantro. | 13. Puree until chunky smooth. | 14. Add the puree to the garlic and onion mixture with remaining stock and simmer over medium flame. | 15. Add mushrooms, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer approximately 20 minutes. | 16. Add cactus pieces to soup and simmer 5 more minutes. | 17. Serve hot. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cactus	1			-	-	-	-
olive oil				-	-	-	-
tomatillo	1/2	lb	husked washed	72.5749	13.2449	2.1772	2.3133
tomato	1/2		ripe	14.145	3.1365	0.738	0.12300000000000001
garlic	8	cloves	peeled minced	35.76	7.9344	1.5264	0.12
jalapeno pepper	1/3	cup	sliced	8.7	1.95	0.273	0.111
onion	1		cut	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
aniseed	1/4	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
vegetable stock	6	cups		66.3	12.3318	3.1824	0.9282
cilantro	9	sprigs		4.6	0.7340000000000001	0.426	0.10400000000000001
shiitake mushroom	1/2	lb	sliced	77.1108	15.3995	5.0802	1.1113
salt pepper				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.