AKA chocolate beans. They do it in Mexico! Well they put in on turkeys in Mexico. I contrived this delicious, unusual dish in Australia after impulse buying a bottle of red wine ‘with a hint of natural chocolate’ (Chocolate Cellar from the McLaren Vale). A couple of sips in and it was hard to prevail. We abandoned it for a nice bottle from the Barossa Valley with only an almost imperceptible (and no added hint of) chocolate flavour.

Determined not to waste the unfortunate purchase, I turned it into a delicious mole sauce with beans in place of the traditional dead birds, it went down a storm. You may not be able to get hold of chocolate wine; I dont recommend trying very hard. Add a few squares of dark cooking chocolate to taste. Serve with plenty of plain brown rice, no more strong flavours needed. Very experimental, serendipitous, delicious.

Sastojci za 2 (serve with plenty of rice)

a splash of vegetable oil

luk, kockice

žličica sušenog kumina sjemena

2 teaspoons of dried chillies (this makes a medium hot sauce, add more or less to taste)

2 češnja češnjaka, mljeveno

250cl (a third of a bottle) of red wine

a few squares of dark cooking chocolate

žlica sojinog umaka

sok od limete

a teaspoon of tamarind paste

žlica agava nektara

3 žlice pirea od rajčice

sol i papar

400g (14 unci) tin of mixed beans

half a head of pak choi coursley chopped

fresh coriander to garnish (opcija)

Način

Sweat the onion in a splash of oil with a pinch of salt until softened (sve do 10 zapisnik)

Add the cumin seed and dried chillies

Dodajte češnjak, stir and leave for a couple of minutes

Add the wine, agave nectar, soy sauce, tomato puree, tamarind paste, a few good grinds of black pepper and lime juice

Add the beans

Stir well, bring to the boil and simmer and reduce for about 20 zapisnik, stirring occasionally until its a delicious thick sauce

Add the pak choi, stir through and simmer on a low heat for anothr 10 zapisnik

Serve over brown rice with some chopped coriander (opcija)