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							| Stuffed Chiles in Walnut Sauce SouthWestern Flavor, Good for Dinner Parties!
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							| 1 pound ground pork or ground raw turkey or chicken 1 small onion, chopped (1/3 cup)
 1 clove garlic, minced
 2 large apples and/or pears, chopped (2 cups)
 1 8oz can tomato sauce
 1/2 cup raisins
 1/2 tsp. salt
 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
 1/4 tsp. ground cumin
 1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted
 6 large fresh poblano peppers or 3 small green sweet peppers
 
 
 Walnut Sauce-
 1/2 cup walnuts
 3 ounces cream cheese
 1/3 cup milk
 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
 1/8 tsp. salt
 
 
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							| Cook ground pork or other meat, onion, and garlic in a large skillet till meat is brown and onion is tender. Drain off fat. Stir in chopped apple and/or pear, tomato sauce, raisins, salt, cinnamon, and cumin. Bring to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Stir in almonds. Cut a lengthwise slit in a side of each poblano pepper and remove seeds and membranes. (if using sweet peppers, half them lengthwise; discard seeds and membranes.) Cook poblano peppers or sweet peppers in boiling water in a saucepan about 5 minutes or till crisp-tender. Drain peppers well.
 Spoon meat mixture into the peppers. Place stuffed peppers in a 2 quart rectangular baking dish. Bake in a 350 degree F. oven about 20 minutes or till heated through.
 
 Combine walnuts, cream cheese, milk, ground cinnamon and salt in a blender till smooth, spoon on plate and place stuffed peppers on top of the sauce.
 
 Thanks to The Washington Gourmet for sharing this recipe with us!
 
 
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							|  | Preparation Time: 25min | Serves: 6 |  
							| Recipe Origin: United States |  
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							|  | The Washington Gourmet Maryland
 United States
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