Chiles en nogada is the classic Mexican national dish with its flag colors, green chile, white sauce, red pomegranate. It is a poblano filled with shredded meat, fruits and spices and topped off with a walnut cream sauce and the pomegranate. Its creation has some wonderful stories behind it. It was first served by nuns in Puebla to Emperor Irturbide, in celebration of Mexico's independence from Spain One story has it that the winds miraculously blew the unusual ingredients together for a nun, Angelica. And rumor has it that she and some of her sisters had been stationed in Spain and the Middle East where all of these ingredients were a part of the cuisine.
Anyway, it is a wonderful dish and this years version from La Casa del Tío Güero, right next to SAT, was exceptional! Riquisimo!!! Late August and September are the only months to get it.
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