Roasted Vegetables with Pasilla Marinade

Seasonal vegetables served with a warm onion, garlic, tomato and pepper purée.

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Ingredients

  • ½ cauliflower cut in medium pieces
  • 1 pc zucchini, cut in thick slices
  • ½ eggplant cut in half moon
  • 1 large carrot, cut in thick slices
  • 2 pc Ancho pepper, without seeds
  • 4 pc pasilla pepper, without seeds
  • ½ cup chopped Spanish onion
  • 3 cups chopped tomato
  • 4 pc small garlic cloves
  • 1 pc cinnamon stick
  • 3 pc of cloves
  • 3 pc bayleaf
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • ¼ cup raisins
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1 pc large avocado
  • 1 liter vegetable stock

Directions

  1. Boil the dry peppers in water until soft
  2. Toast all the spices in a pan on low to medium heat until release the aromas
  3. in a pot cook the onion, garlic and tomatoes until sweated off.
  4. Add the spices and softened peppers to the mix and cook out.
  5. Puree until smooth using some vegetable stock in a blender and strain through a chinois
  6. Place some oil in the pot and add the blended mixture, add raisins, season to taste with the salt and pepper

Chef's Notes

Place some of the sauce on the bottom of the plate, place the roasted vegetables and the tempura cauliflower on top.