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flour (about 40 grams) • flour (about 40 grams) • milk (about 800 milliliters) • onion piqué (1/4 onion, whole cloves, and 3 bay leaves) • mushrooms (about 500 grams) • butter or olive oil (about 40 grams) • heavy cream (about 200 milliliters) • garlic • onion • bacon • chicken breasts • American cheese •

boneless, skinless chicken breast (500 g) • eggs • sesame seeds (5 g) • cooked white rice (about 1/2 cup, 100 g) • all-purpose flour (150 g) • garlic powder • ground cloves • ground ginger • ground cinnamon • ground white pepper • oil (10 ml) • garlic, minced •

garlic • water (3 liters) • large dried shrimp (about 225 grams) • medium onion • whole black peppercorns • carrots • medium potatoes • guajillo chiles • Salt, to taste • oil (50 milliliters) • butter • whole clove

chicken, any cut you prefer • dried guajillo chiles (100 grams) • medium red tomatoes (about 8 ounces/225 grams) • avocado leaves or mixed aromatic herbs • cane vinegar • whole cloves • small piece of onion • chicken bouillon cube

beef • oil • ---- Sauce for Birria • guajillo chiles • arbol chiles • water (about 1.2 liters) • garlic • black peppercorns • whole cloves • bay leaf • small stick cinnamon • salt

toasted bread (for capirotada) • nonstick cooking spray • butter • shredded cheese • raisins • shelled peanuts • shredded coconut • sprinkles • large cinnamon sticks • milk (about 3.8 liters) • medium piloncillo cones • large tomato, diced •

chicken, cut into pieces • tomatoes (about 2 kg) • miltomate (tomatillo) (about 1/2 kg) • stale bolillo rolls (or substitute with 1 1/2 cups stale French bread, cut into pieces) • large plantains • onions • Pickled chili peppers • whole cloves • black peppercorns • Oregano • Thyme • cinnamon •

pumpkin (about 700 grams), preferably calabaza de Castilla or similar • sweet potatoes (about 1 kg), use a mix of yellow and purple if available • large piloncillo cones (or 2 cups packed dark brown sugar, about 400 grams) • water (710 ml) • large cinnamon stick • whole cloves • Milk, to taste, for serving

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

dried ancho chiles (1 kg) • dried guajillo chiles (250 g) • ripe plantains • soft white bread (such as sandwich bread) • onions • garlic • dried oregano (100 g) • cinnamon sticks (100 g) • walnuts (100 g) • peanuts (100 g) • almonds (125 g) • raisins (250 g) •

pork shoulder (500 g) • Roma tomatoes • tomatillos • serrano chiles • pasilla chile • garlic • bay leaves • onion • poblano chiles • whole black peppercorns • whole cloves • dried oregano •

flour (about 40 grams) • butter (about 40 grams) • milk (about 800 ml) • onion • whole cloves • bay leaves • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • broccoli • heavy cream (about 200 ml) • milk (about 50 ml) • butter (about 40 grams)

raw chicken (1 kg) • mulato chiles (500 grams) • sesame seeds (about 4.5 oz or 125 grams) • cinnamon (about 0.35 oz or 10 grams) • or 3 pieces Mexican table chocolate (about 75 grams) • medium onion (about 4.2 oz or 120 grams) • whole cloves • whole black peppercorns • garlic • medium tomatoes (1 kg) • ground cumin (about 0.18 oz or 5 grams) • dried mixed herbs (such as oregano, thyme, cumin, dried parsley, or a mix—about 0.5 oz or 15 grams) •

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) •

flour (40 grams) • butter (40 grams) • milk (800 milliliters) • onion piqué (1/4 onion, 5 whole cloves, 1 bay leaf) • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • mushrooms (500 grams) • heavy cream (200 milliliters) • milk (optional) (50 milliliters) • butter (40 grams) • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste •

onion • dried chipotle pepper • dried morita pepper • dried pasilla pepper • cherry tomatoes or 2 large tomatoes • garlic • beef or pork broth (400 ml) • large potato • corn • green beans • Salt and pepper to taste • bay leaf •

beef shank (about 1 kg) • dried árbol or costeño chiles • dried guajillo chiles • dried puya chiles • garlic • onion • whole cloves • whole black peppercorns • ground oregano • bay leaves • salt

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 •

onion • achiote paste (110 grams) • oranges • limes • pork leg (600 to 800 grams) • cumin • cloves • black pepper • salt • oregano • Banana

pressed pork cracklings (chicharrón prensado) • dried guajillo chiles • garlic • onion • whole clove • small stick cinnamon • cumin

mixed ground meat (about 500 grams) • tomatillos • Roma tomatoes • Salt • whole black peppercorns • whole cloves

cumin • oregano • black pepper • avocado leaves • bay leaves • whole cloves • garlic • dried pasilla chiles • achiote paste • banana leaf • tomatoes • onion •

chicken • guajillo chiles • garlic • whole black peppercorns • whole cloves • cinnamon stick • thyme and 1 sprig oregano • cumin • parchment paper for wrapping and bay • salt to taste

lard or oil • finely chopped white onion (80 g) • garlic, finely chopped • finely chopped shrimp (250 g) • finely chopped octopus (250 g) • scallops (250 g) • crab meat (250 g) • roasted tomato, chopped (375 g) • whole cloves • cinnamon or 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon • to taste black pepper • to taste salt •

red onion (about 800 grams; I used 2 large ones) • water (400 ml) • salt • apple cider vinegar • brown sugar • whole allspice berries • bay leaves • whole cloves

pork shoulder (about 680 grams) • cochinita pibil marinade • large red tomatoes • onion • Garlic, to taste • Cloves, to taste • Oregano, to taste • potatoes • guajillo chiles • Vinegar • leftover cola

day-old bolillo rolls • butter (about 90 grams) • cinnamon stick • piloncillo (about 500 grams) • whole cloves • evaporated milk (such as Carnation, 12 fl oz/354 ml) • sweetened condensed milk (about 10 oz/300 ml) • Chopped pecans, to taste • Raisins, to taste • Peanuts, to taste • Banana, to taste • Dried cranberries, to taste •

bolillos (Mexican bread rolls) or French rolls, sliced and left out to dry • corn tortillas, cold • piloncillo (about 500 grams) • tomatoes • onion • whole cloves • evaporated milk • butter • cinnamon (about 4–6 inches / 10–15 cm) • toasted granola (my wife makes it) • shredded coconut • raisins •

onion • whole cloves • jalapeño pepper • tomato • cinnamon stick • Shredded coconut, to taste • Raisins, to taste • Aged cheese, to taste • Corn tortillas, • Toasted bread or toasted bolillo rolls, • water (2 liters) • large piloncillo cones

white bread rolls • cones piloncillo (about 9 oz or 255 grams) • cinnamon • whole cloves • cheese (100 grams) • walnuts (100 grams) • almonds (100 grams) • dried cranberries (100 grams) • peanuts (100 grams) • shredded coconut (100 grams) • water (about 1.5 liters)