Pasilla

What is called an ancho in other places is called a pasilla here in Cuernavaca. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I have been using Grady Spears 'recipe (just made a batch); I use pasilla chiles, finely ground. ❋ Homesick Texan (2009)

We watched the two chefs fire up the grills, and were the happy recipients of their "dueling grill" cook-off, which included home cured bacon-wrapped scallops, grilled prawns, spicy sausages, and grilled artichokes, accompanied by warm lentil salad with pancetta and duck leg confit, stuffed pasilla chiles and Santa Maria baked beans -- all washed down with rosés, chardonnays, pinots and syrahs of local vineyards such as D'Alfonso-Curran Wines and Hartley Ostini Hitching Post Wines. ❋ Jennifer Evans Gardner (2011)

We watched the two chefs fire up the grills, and were the happy recipients of their "dueling grill" cook-off, which included home cured bacon-wrapped scallops, grilled prawns, spicy sausages, and grilled artichokes, accompanied by warm lentil salad with pancetta and duck leg confit, stuffed pasilla chiles and Santa Maria baked beans -- all washed down with rosés, chardonnays, pinots and syrahs of local vineyards such as D'Alfonso-Curran Wines and Hartley Ostini Hitching Post Wines. ❋ Jennifer Evans Gardner (2011)

Do make sure you use a brighter (not sure how else to describe it) dried chile pepper, as opposed to the smoky ones such as guajillo, ancho or pasilla, all of which will taste very wrong. ❋ Laura (2009)

I agree a thousand percent about the tomatoes, but some of the best guacamole I've ever had involved a fresh tomatillo salsa with roasted pasilla peppers and red onions. ❋ Homesick Texan (2009)

Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal The grilled pork sandwich Among Pachanga Patterson's lunch offerings: An ancho-battered pollack fish taco with citrus habanero aioli, cilantro, onion and tomato ($9), grilled lamb torta with pasilla chili sauce, pickled red onion and romaine lettuce ($9) and chicken leg torta with ancho chili paste, avocado and bibb lettuce ($8). ❋ Willa Plank (2011)

And I love that you used pasilla on your pecans -- I need to grind some of mine up and try that combination! ❋ Homesick Texan (2009)

In a large, heavy saucepan or cazuela, heat 1 tablespoon of the lard or oil and briefly sauté the ancho, mulatto and pasilla chiles for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Transfer the pasilla chiles and sunflower seeds to the food processor. ❋ Molly O’Neill (2010)

Kosher salt 1. In a dry cast-iron skillet, toast the pasilla chiles and sunflower seeds over medium heat about 4 minutes, until aromatic. ❋ Molly O’Neill (2010)

The soup is a robust pasilla chile and tomato soup with tortilla strips, avocado, cheese and sour cream. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I just made a Rick Bayless casserole the other night with pasilla sauce, mashed black beans, corn tortillas, sour cream and cheese. ❋ Laura (2008)