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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Prepare the mole sauce by combining tomatoes and garlic cloves in your blender and whirl until smooth, adding water if necessary. | 2. Strain and set aside. | 3. Grind the sesame seeds, peppercorns, oregano and cinnamon all together; set to the side. | 4. Make a lengthwise cut on 1 side of each ancho and guajillo chile and remove seeds. Place chiles in a heat resistant bowl and cover with boiling water; soak for 20 minutes or until soft. | 5. Place chiles and the water they've been soaking in in a blender. | 6. Whirl until smooth, strain and set to the side. | 7. In a stockpot, heat up about 3 tablespoons of oil and add the dried spices, stirring constantly to release the fragrant oils. | 8. Add the two purees and bring to a boil. | 9. Add the chocolate, sugar; salt to taste and let simmer for about 20 minutes. | 10. Preheat oven to 325°F. | 11. Season the lamb shanks with salt; sear shanks on all sides in a hot skillet with a little oil added. | 12. Place some of the mole sauce in a bowl. | 13. Dip each shank in mole sauce, sprinkle with vinegar, chopped onion and salt; wrap in a banana leaf and then in aluminum foil. | 14. Place shanks in a pan and bake for 3 1/2 to 4 hours, or until the meat is. | 15. very tender and falling off the bone. | 16. Place shank on a plate and top with additional warm mole sauce. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
plum tomato	6		blackened	1613.8703	0.0	359.0408	9.0667
garlic clove	2		roasted	1613.8703	0.0	359.0408	9.0667
water				-	-	-	-
sesame seed	3	teaspoons	toasted	85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
black peppercorn	1/4	teaspoon	freshly-ground toasted	1613.8703	0.0	359.0408	9.0667
oregano	1/2	teaspoon	toasted dried	1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon	toasted	-	-	-	-
ancho chilies	8			1613.8703	0.0	359.0408	9.0667
guajillo chilies	6			1613.8703	0.0	359.0408	9.0667
canola oil	3	tablespoons		371.28	0.0	0.0	42.0
mexican chocolate	1 1/2	1/2		181.1533	32.918	1.5479	6.6295
sugar	1/2	cup		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
lamb shank	4			1613.8703	0.0	359.0408	9.0667
salt				-	-	-	-
canola oil				371.28	0.0	0.0	42.0
red wine vinegar	1/2	cup		22.705	0.3226	0.0478	0.0
yellow onion	1/2		chopped	-	-	-	-
banana leaf market	4	square		1613.8703	0.0	359.0408	9.0667

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