Enchilada Sauce



INGREDIENTS:

3 Ancho Chiles

3 Pasilla Chiles

2 Cloves garlic, crushed

1 sm onion, minced

4 tb Lard or margarine
(lard is better for the taste buds, if not For your body)

4 tb Flour

3 c  Chicken or beef stock (use chicken for cheese or
Chicken enchiladas, beef for beef enchiladas)

1 ts Mexican oregano

1/2 ts Cumin

DIRECTIONS:

1. Place the chiles on a cookie sheet, and roast in a 350
degree oven until slightly toasted (when you can smell them,
they're done).  Remove from the oven, and slit open.  Remove
the seeds and veins, then cover the chiles with boiling water.
Allow to sit for about 30 minutes. remove the chiles from the
water (reserve water), and scrape the pulp from the chiles.
Discard the skins (which can give the mixture a bitter flavor.)
  
2. Return the chile pulp to the soaking water and reserve.
  
3. Saute the garlic and onion in the lard until very soft but
not browned. Stir in the flour, and the stock.  Stir until
thickened, then add the chile pulp mixture. Add the spices, and
simmer until thickened.  Place the mixture in a blender, and
blend until smooth.  Season to taste with salt. If you want a
hotter mixture, add cayenne to taste.



Enchilada Sauce