Anise

turkey or chicken (500 grams) • ripe plantain • medium tomatoes • mulato chiles (50 grams) • pasilla chiles (40 grams) • almonds (75 grams) • raisins (25 grams) • white onion • tablet Mexican chocolate • chile seeds • corn tortilla • bolillo (Mexican bread roll) •

beef steaks, sliced in half lengthwise • bell peppers, cut into thin strips • onion, cut into thin strips • sugar (about 38 grams) • water (about 60 ml) • soy sauce (about 45 ml) • star anise • whole clove • orange peel • garlic cloves, sliced lengthwise • ginger, cut into thin strips (about 16 grams)

calabaza de castilla (about 4-5 lbs pumpkin or kabocha squash) • piloncillo (about 18 oz or 500 grams brown sugar cones) • purple sweet potatoes • cinnamon • whole cloves • allspice berries • star anise • guavas • water (240-480 ml), as needed

chihuacle chiles • mulato chiles • pasilla chiles • chile seeds (about 125 grams) • white onions • garlic • tomatoes • tomatillos • lard (about 250 grams) • plantain • corn tortilla • yema bread (or substitute with 1/2 sweet bread roll) •

mixed dried beans, cleaned (about 800 grams) • wheat berries, cleaned (about 200 grams) • water (4 liters) • Salt, to taste • large tomatoes, diced • medium onion, peeled and diced • colored chilaca peppers, stemmed and seeded • xoconostles, roasted, peeled, seeded, and chopped • green apple, cored and chopped • fresh mint, chopped • Juice of 1 bitter orange • anise liqueur •

bolillos (Mexican bread rolls), cut into thick slices and left to dry in the sun or air-dried • oil (1 liter) with 2 cinnamon sticks, 7 whole allspice berries, 5 black peppercorns or Tabasco peppercorns, and 3 whole cloves • Syrup: • piloncillo (about 1 kilogram) • apple juice (1 liter) • Zest of 1 orange • whole cloves, 5 black peppercorns, and 2 whole star anise • cinnamon sticks • pulque or light beer (1 liter) • For garnish: • pitted prunes • raisins •

flour tortillas • enough oil for frying the tortillas • large cones of piloncillo (about 16 ounces/450 grams total) • whole anise seeds • water (480 ml) • paper towels

French bread (see my recipe: https://Cookpad.com/mx/recetas/11901647) • cones piloncillo (or panela) • whole cloves • star anise • chopped walnuts, to taste • peanuts, to taste • sliced almonds, to taste • raisins, to taste • shredded coconut, to taste • Chihuahua-style cheese, to taste • colored sprinkles, for decorating • water (about 1.5 liters)

bolillos (Mexican bread rolls), sliced and fried in butter • piloncillo cones (or 1 1/2 to 2 cups packed dark brown sugar, about 300-400 grams) • butter (about 150 grams) • water (2.5 liters) • cinnamon sticks • Anise seeds • Black pepper (optional) • Pecans or walnuts • Raisins • Dried cranberries • Shredded coconut • Unsalted peanuts •

milk (1 liter) • cinnamon • whole star anise • sweetened condensed milk • evaporated milk • large Mexican sweet breads (picones) or 2 loaves of bread pudding • raisins (100 grams) • walnuts (100 grams) • shredded coconut, optional (100 grams)

dried mulato chiles (about 125 grams) • dried ancho chiles (about 125 grams) • dried pasilla chiles (about 125 grams) • cinnamon • whole cloves • whole black peppercorns • anise seeds • cumin seeds • sesame seeds • Roma tomatoes • medium onion • garlic cloves •

rice (about 200 grams) • water (about 480 ml) • milk (about 500 ml) • evaporated milk (about 12 oz / 354 ml) • sweetened condensed milk (about 14 oz / 397 grams) • cinnamon stick • star anise • vanilla extract

For the enchiladas: • soft fried corn tortillas, preferably fried in good-quality pork lard • For the Christmas sweet 13-chile sauce: • different dried chiles (Morita, Japanese, Cascabel, Pasilla, Costeño, Guajillo, dried Chipotle, Ancho, smoked Chipotle, Árbol, yellow Costeño, smoked Ancho, and Pico de Paloma chile) • roasted cinnamon • Small handful of sweet spices (anise, coriander seeds, cardamom, cloves, and Tabasco pepper) • Grated nutmeg • Small handful of raisins • Small handful of prunes • Small handful of peanuts • Small handful of pecans or walnuts • epazote •

corn tortillas (about 250 grams) • garlic • Roma tomatoes (about 300 grams) • small stick cinnamon (about 1 gram) • whole cloves • dried ancho chiles • dried morita chile • small French bread roll (bolillo) • toasted sesame seeds (about 15 grams) • star anise • tablet Mexican drinking chocolate • Oregano, to taste •

large dried shrimp • eggs • amaranth (about 75 grams) • ground fava bean flour (about 50 grams) • tomatoes (about 250 grams) • guajillo chiles • star anise pod • cinnamon • to taste sesame seeds • dried chipotle chiles • oil • to taste salt

mini bolillo rolls or small French rolls • refried beans with chorizo (about 1 kg) • thin slices of carnitas or shredded pork leg (about 2 kg) • tomatoes, stemmed and roughly chopped (about 2 kg) • onions, peeled and roughly chopped (about 1/2 kg) • garlic, cloves peeled and chopped • cinnamon, toasted or roasted • small handful toasted cumin seeds • toasted whole cloves • toasted anise seeds • bay leaves • roasted red bell peppers, cleaned, seeded, and stemmed •

bolillo or French bread • large cones of piloncillo (about 28 ounces or 800 grams) • cinnamon • star anise • roasted peanuts • Vegetable oil, • Fresh white cheese, • raisins

bolillo rolls or French rolls (preferably day-old) • queso fresco (cut into cubes) • plantains (sliced) • unsalted butter • Al gusto almonds • Al gusto shredded coconut • Al gusto walnuts • Al gusto peanuts • water (2.5 liters) • cones piloncillo (Mexican brown sugar) • whole cloves • star anise •

all-purpose flour (about 500 grams) • large eggs, at room temperature • Zest of 1 orange • sugar, plus 1 teaspoon (for the yeast) • salt • anise seeds, crushed with 1 teaspoon sugar in a mortar • active dry yeast (11 grams) • orange juice (a little less than 1/2 cup) • unsalted butter (about 200 grams) • Small plastic baby figurines, as needed, to hide in the bread • all-purpose flour • powdered sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt •

pumpkin • piloncillo (or brown sugar) • oranges, juice and zest • cinnamon • ground anise • salt • flour (about 500 grams) • dry yeast • sugar • cinnamon • ground anise • salt •

ripe but firm pears • red wine • water (600 ml) • cinnamon stick • star anise (substitute with 1 clove) • sugar (140 grams) • orange (zest only)