With the cold weather, I always tend to crave comfort foods. Most of these comfort foods are outside the Circle of Paleo by a longshot, but I just found this recipe on Mark’s Daily Apple that I’m going to have to try. It’s main drawback is the 1/3 c of dark chocolate, but I’m going to play with the proportions of 80% and 100% cacao to see how much I can lower the sugars.

(Makes about 2 cups of sauce)

• 6 dried ancho chiles
• 2 dried pasilla chiles
• 2 dried mulato chiles
• 1/2 cup oil or lard
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled
• 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
• 1/4 cup sesame seeds
• 1/3 cup whole blanched almonds
• 3 tablespoons raisins or dried, unsweetened blueberries
• 3 whole cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon Mexican cinnamon
• 3 tomatillos, husked and roughly chopped
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 1/3 cup finely chopped dark chocolate (80% cocoa)

Check out Mark’s Daily Apple for step by step directions.