Texas Chili con Carne

by Jules Moreau

16 servings

Chile Purée

• 12dried ancho chiles
• 4dried pasilla chiles
• 4dried costeño chiles
• 4dried guajillo chiles
• 8dried chiles de árbol
• 4chipotles in adobo
• 2 cupsfresh water, for blending

Chili

• 8 slicesbacon
• 8 lbbeef chuck roast
• 2onion
• 12 clovesgarlic
• 2 cupsbrewed coffee
• 24 fl ozbeer
• 4 cupswater
• 2 tbspground cumin
• 1 tspground cinnamon
• 1 tspground cloves
• 1 tspground allspice
• 2 tspground coriander
• 1 tspcayenne
• salt
• ½ cupmasa harina
• ⅔Mexican hot chocolate tablet
• grated cheddar, to serve
• chopped onion, to serve
• warm tortillas, to serve