The fig mole recipe is a sponsored collaboration withVitamix® México. All opinions are mine.
The fig mole is a wonderful sauce made with Mexican chocolate, sun-dried Turkish figs, ancho and guajillo peppers, toasted peanuts, almond butter, cinnamon, cumin, garlic, and cardamom.
Watch the video and see how easy it is to make this fig mole and the fig mole chicken rosca made with crescent dough.
And probably you are wondering why we have decided to use figs in this mole recipe. We love figs. For many years they have been favorite family fruit. Because you can enjoy figs fresh, sun-dried and as crystallized fruit, they are also a common ingredient in desserts. Such as the famous fig bars. Figs are versatile as you can use as a natural sweetener for cereal, smoothies, and yogurt. Or to enjoy as a snack paired with serrano ham, ricotta cheese, and honey. Figs are perfect for sweet and salty applications. They are a delicate and an elegant snack. Perfect for any occasion.
This year the Swiss companyFirmenich, who develops flavors and fragrances for the most prestigious brands in the world, has named figs as the flavor of 2018. A culinary trend that we are present in many of the products we eat, as well as in the fragrances we use.
Figs are a common dried fruit used as an ingredient in many of the traditional Mexican bread. Like the Rosca de Reyes and seasonal sweet bread, we buy at the bakery. Inspired by these flavors, I prepared a delicious fig mole, mixed with shredded chicken to be used as a filling in a delicious chicken fig mole rosca. The ring is made with crescent dough and is an excellent addition to the Three Kings’ Day dinner.
The fig mole is very simple to make thanks to theVitamix® Ascent ™ 3500 blender. A fabulous and smart blender with many features that help us be more efficient in the kitchen like the five program settings for smoothies, hot soup, dips and spreads, frozen desserts and automatic cleaning. Yes, this blender cleans itself!
Get to know the details of the Vitamix® Ascent ™ 3500 blenderHERE. You will be surprised what this blender can do. I cannot live without it, use it in almost all my recipes.
Happy Three Kings Day, let’s celebrate our family traditions cooking favorite dishes with love!
The fig mole has Mexican chocolate, Turkish sun-dried figs, ancho and guajillo peppers, toasted peanuts, almond butter, cinnamon, cumin, garlic, and cardamom. Then it is combined with shredded chicken and used as a stuffing for the rosca, made with crescent dough.
8Turkish figs sun-driedcan be replaced with mission figs
1Mexican chocolate tablet
5guajillo peppers
3ancho peppers
1teaspooncinnamon powderor half of a cinnamon stick
3-5cardamom seeds
2-4garlic cloves
1cuproasted peanuts
1/2cupalmond butter
1teaspooncumin powder
1tablespoonchicken bouillon
3cupsshredded chicken
2cupswater
2tubescrescent doughor 16 triangles of crescent dough
1egg yolk
Instructions
Clean the dried peppers by removing the stem and seeds. Add the chiles together with the figs and garlic. Combine with a cup of water and cook on the stove until the chiles and figs are soft.
Add part of the cooking liquid to the Vitamix® Ascent ™ 3500 blender. Then add the figs, the peppers, and the cooked garlic. Incorporate the almond butter, the peanuts, and the Mexican chocolate cut into pieces.
In a skillet add the cumin and the cardamom seeds. Toast slightly and then add the cinnamon without burning it. Add the toasted spices and the chicken bouillon to the blender. Blend the ingredients using the soup mode. The mole will be ready in 10 seconds.
Combine a cup and a half of the mole along with the shredded chicken. Place the triangles of dough in a circular shape and fill with the fig mole chicken mix.
Close the rosca and paint with egg wash to give color and shine. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Serve with a green salad.
Adriana Martin is a home chef and founder of adrianasbestrecipes.com. She is a Latina food writer specializing in recipe development influenced by Mexico's culinary culture and European cuisine. Her grandmother taught her how to cook, and now her mission is to inspire others to make homemade meals. Adriana teaches online cooking classes, is a trained food stylist and photographer, and has published thousands of recipes online. She is the author of "The Best of Mexican Cooking – 75 Authentic Home-Style Recipes for Beginners", "The Super Easy Taco Cookbook," and "Taco Obsession." LATISM has recognized Adriana as one of the Top 100 most influential Latina bloggers, and Telemundo awarded Adriana the TECLA Awards under the category of best food creator.
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One holiday baking tradition we cherish is the Rosca de Reyes or “Wreath of the Kings,” a traditional sweet bread eaten every January 6 for Día de Los Reyes, Three Kings Day. Also known as Epiphany, the holiday is celebrated throughout the Christian world.
The bejeweled-looking bread is meant to symbolize the gifts given to baby Jesus, and inside the bread is a little plastic baby, symbolizing the newborn messiah. If you get the baby in your slice, you have to cook tamales for everyone on Feb. 2, or Candelaria Day.
Served on January 6th, in honor of the Epiphany or Día de Reyes in Mexico, this delectable bread commemorates the Three Wise Men, guided by the Bethlehem star, presenting gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the newborn Jesus.
Rosca de Reyes, translating to "King's Ring" in English, derives its name from its distinctive circular shape. The circular form of the pastry symbolizes the eternal nature of God, with no beginning or end.
The king cakes of New Orleans more closely resemble those of Spanish-speaking countries rather than the king cake that originated in France. Rosca de reyes, served in Spain and Latin America, is a ring-shaped sweet bread that can also be topped with candied fruit, in addition to a light layer of icing.
The plastic baby Jesus figurine hidden in the ring carries the promise of future celebrations: The person who finds the baby in their piece gets good luck, but also has to throw a tamale feast on Feb.2, called Día de la Candelaria, or Candlemas.
Along with enjoying a delicious sweet bread, we always anticipated who would be the “lucky” ones to get baby Jesus in their rosca as Mexican bakeries usually add at least three plastic baby Jesus figurines baked into the bread.
Remember, finding the baby inside the king cake not only makes you a “king,” but it also comes with some responsibilities. If you are so fortunate to find the baby in your slice of cake, you will be responsible for hosting the next Mardi Gras celebration and providing the next king cake!
Both Mexican hot chocolate and atole—a rich, warm drink made from corn—are traditional during Three Kings Day. Families feast on black beans and rice, slow-cooked meat like chicken or pork, and soups and salads that highlight traditional Mexican ingredients like yucca, nopales, and plantains.
Traditionally, roscas have tiny plastic babies hidden inside, meant to represent baby Jesus and how Joseph and Mary hid him from King Herod. “Whoever gets the baby Jesus makes tamales [for a gathering],” she said, explaining another tradition that comes with roscas.
The plastic figurine hidden in the rosca represents Baby Jesus. It is hidden in the Rosca de Reyes because it alludes to the biblical persecution suffered by the child along with his parents by King Herod.
It is, of course, a reference to the tradition of The Three Kings' Day (Jan. 6) when Mexicans have a party in which a special cake (Rosca de Reyes) is eaten, made just for that day. It is an important celebration in Mexico. The cake contains at least one (often more) Baby Jesus doll.
During Día de Los Reyes, Hispanics serve Rosca de Reyes, or King's Cake. “Rosca” means wreath and “reyes” means kings. The Rosca de Reyes has an oval shape to symbolize a crown and has a small doll inside, which represents baby Jesus. The doll figure symbolizes the hiding of the infant Jesus from King Herod's troops.
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The Rosca de Reyes is an oval shaped sweet bread. It is traditionally topped with dried fruit strips, chopped candied cherries, and confectioners sugar. It is a delicious treat with a hidden surprise as baked into the bread, you will find a couple of “baby plastic figures” (meant to represent the baby Jesus).
Rosca de reyes, or Kings Cake, is customly eaten on Jan. 6, or Dia de Reyes. The tradition of eating the bread 12 days after Christmas is based on beliefs in the Christian faith. Inside every rosca de reyes is a little plastic baby, symbolizing the newborn messiah.
Along with enjoying a delicious sweet bread, we always anticipated who would be the “lucky” ones to get baby Jesus in their rosca as Mexican bakeries usually add at least three plastic baby Jesus figurines baked into the bread.
"La Rosca de Reyes" is a Mexican sweet bread popular among Hispanic-Christian Catholic households during Epiphany. The Rosca is a traditional part of the Christian feast day that commemorates the journey of the three Wise men to Bethlehem to meet the newborn king.
As this important festival commemorates the visit of the Three Kings or Magi bearing gifts to the Christ child, it is awaited eagerly by children throughout the country who traditionally receive presents on this day. Through the adoration of the Three Kings, Jesus was revealed to the world as the Son of God.
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