Ancho Chilies Stuffed With Pecans, Sweet Potato, and Roasted Garlic

departure from the usual stuffed sweet peppers, mild Ancho chili peppers, is stuffed with a mixture of sweet potatoes, onions, raisins, brown sugar, roasted garlic puree, cinnamon, dried thyme and toasted pecans.

Ancho chilies are dried, when it was purchased and require rehydration. Place chilies in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Make sure to go over the chilies, it will absorb much of the liquid. Allow them to sit in liquid for about 20 minuta.Chilies to get to the point where they are soft but not falling apart. Remove the chilies and the rest on paper towels and place in colander to drain. Using a sharp knife slit chilies along one side. Remove seeds and membranes inside the pale chili. Leave the stem intact.

Sweet potatoes can be prepared in advance. When ready to cook, to wash sweet potatoes, remove the ugly ends and peel off outer skin with a vegetable peeler. Cut into 1-inch pieces, place in a steamer basket and steam over boiling water for about 10 minutes or until tender. Remove to a colander to ocijedi.Krumpir in turn can be baked in the oven or microwaved.

Ancho chilies stuffed with pecans, sweet potatoes, garlic and roasted

Ingredients:

8 Ancho chilies, softened and ready for filling
1 / 2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup chopped white or yellow onion
1-1/2 cups Raisins
1 / 4 cup brown sugar
2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and steamed tender
1 / 4 cup roasted garlic puree (recipe below)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons dried thyme
1 cup pecans, toasted and chopped
Coarse salt

Roasted Garlic Puree:
3 garlic heads
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Cold water

Spouse:
Sour cream

Preparation:

1 Preheat oven to 350 F.
2nd Add unsalted butter in a sauce pan. Melt over medium heat.
3rd Stir in the chopped onion and sauté until softened, about 2 minutes.
4th Stir in raisins and brown sugar. Continue stirring until the sugar dissolves.
5th Toss sweet potatoes in a shallow bowl with a fork or potato masher, mash the potatoes.
6th Add the sweet potatoes in sauce pan.
7th Stir in roasted garlic puree, cinnamon, dried thyme, chopped pecans, and season with coarse salt to taste.
8th Carefully spoon sweet potato mixture into each pepper Ancho chili.
9th Place peppers slit-side-up on a greased cookie sheet.
10th Bake for 5-7 minutes in the preheated oven.

Roasted Garlic Puree:

Preparation:

1 Preheat oven to 350 F.
2nd With a very sharp knife cut off the end of garlic head from the hard remaining stems.
3rd Slice each whole head of garlic in half cross wise, exposing the cloves.
4th Brush half of the head with extra virgin olive oil and garlic and arrange in a baking dish.
5th Add enough water to a depth of between 1 / 4 and 1/2-inch in baking dish.
6th Cover pan with foil.
7th Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove the garlic from the oven.
8th Allow time to ohladi.Češnjak should be soft and easy to squeeze out of my head.
9th Squeeze garlic into a small bowl.
10th Use 1 / 4 cup Ancho chili recipe, save the remaining roasted garlic puree in the refrigerator up to 1 week.