Iāve been procrastinating on this, but acquired all of the ingredients for Rick Baylessā Black Mole recipe a while ago and finally decided to make it in advance of Thanksgiving.
Recipe for the Unitiated
Iāll spoiler the ingredients because otherwise it will give you nightmares worse than a certain OU cheerleader.
Toasting the chilisā¦
Ready for rehydration..
Post blendingā¦
Skipping ahead 12 hours (including the destruction of my kitchen because making mole is fucking messy)ā¦
It is, in fact, a good bit darker in person. Just added salt and sugar per the recipe and itās amazing. Iām going to let it cool, refrigerate, then bring it to temp on Thanksgiving, adding more salt and sugar as needed (Bayless says itāll need more of both as the flavors meld).
If anyone is inspired, the hardest part is that itās labor intensive, particularly toasting the chilis (though they are more forgiving than a roux). The Bayless recipe also says itāll produce 2-3 quarts but this is an 8 quart pot and Iād guess there is 6-7 quarts in there and itās pretty thick.