Picada (A Nut And Chocolate Condiment)

Name: Picada (A Nut And Chocolate Condiment)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: About two-thirds cup
Ingredients: 3 cloves peeled, baked garlic (see recipe for baking tomatoes and garlic); 12 browned blanched hazelnuts; 12 browned blanched almonds; 1 1/2 tablespoons browned pine nuts; 1 1/2 tablespoons grated bitter chocolate; 1/2 teaspoon stem saffron; 1/2 cup fresh, or canned, chicken broth or bottled clam juice

By Craig Claiborne and Pierre Franey

Total Time: 20 minutes
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Ingredients

Yield:About two-thirds cup

3cloves peeled, baked garlic (see recipe for baking tomatoes and garlic)
12browned blanched hazelnuts
12browned blanched almonds
1½tablespoons browned pine nuts
1½tablespoons grated bitter chocolate
½teaspoon stem saffron
½cup fresh, or canned, chicken broth or bottled clam juice

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Preparation

Step 1
Bake the garlic as indicated in the instructions.
Step 2
Meanwhile, crush the nuts to a paste. This is best done using a mortar and pestle.
Step 3
Peel and add the garlic, and continue mashing about five minutes.
Step 4
Add the chocolate and saffron, and continue mashing about one minute. Add two tablespoons of the broth, and continue mashing and stirring until smooth.
Step 5
Add the remaining broth and stir to blend.