Thanks Doug! An unknowing culprit, I might add. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Irvine" <dougandmarie@shaw.ca> To: "Chile-Heads" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Thursday, 19 December, 2002 10:37 PM Subject: [CH] Chipotle cream sauce over sausage > Seeing as I was seen to be one of the "culprits" and I have not posted a > recipe for ages, as one of the other heads informed me(off list)....I > was resting! After all, I did post sumpin like 70 odd recipes over the > last how many years! Here is what I did with some pure pork sausages > tonight. First off, I browned them > and then wrapped them in tortillas, laid 'em in a dish and covered them > with the following chipotle cream sauce: > 2 chipotle peppers, in adobo sauce, seeded, and stemmed > 1 small onion, minced fine, and simmered in a little oil > When the onion is transparent, spin the onion and the peppers, with > about 1 tbls of the sauce in a small food processor. Place the veggies > in a saucepan, in a little marg or butter, and cook for about 2 minutes. > Add a large tbls of flour and mix in well,making a roux. Slowly add milk > to this to make a cream sauce. Because of the chipotles, this will be a > reddish cream sauce. Add about half a cup of shredded monterey jack to > the sauce, and stir in well. When sauce is cooked, cover the sausages, > which are wrapped in the tortillas, with the sauce, and place in a 300F > oven for about 20 minutes. I served this with my version of fresh green > beans....saute them in very little water, salted, until tender > crisp....drain, add about 1 tsp butter and 1 tsp freshly squeezed lemon > juice. Sprinkle in a little sugar(I use Splenda, diabetic) stir well and > serve. The lemon gives a very nice foil to the heat of the chipotle > cream sauce. Enjoy. Cheers, Doug in BC