Mole manchamanteles ("tablecloth stainer") is the fruity-sweet mole with pineapple, plantain, apple and ancho chile, named for the tablecloth stains it leaves; in Mexico we have verified places to eat it in Oaxaca. Start with where to eat Mole manchamanteles in Oaxaca.

Mole manchamanteles · Oaxaca

Mole manchamanteles ("tablecloth stainer") is the fruity-sweet mole with pineapple, plantain, apple and ancho chile, named for the tablecloth stains it leaves.

Mole manchamanteles is the fruity-sweet mole, made with pineapple, plantain, apple, sweet potato and ancho chiles. It is the rarest mole at restaurant level (often replaced by coloradito) but appears on the seven-mole tasting platters at Catedral, Los Pacos and Ancestral. The Spanish name refers to the dramatic red-orange stains it leaves on the tablecloth.

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