Corn groundnut

corn husks, soaked in hot salted water • sprigs of rosemary added to the soaking water • For the dough: • white corn masa, ground on a metate (about 2 kg) • whipped heavy cream (about 710 ml) • thick jocoque or plain Greek yogurt (about 475 ml) • epazote, finely chopped • serrano chiles, stems removed • Salt, to taste • For the filling: • Finely chopped cooked dishes you have on hand; I like to add olives, peanuts, chia seeds, amaranth, and pumpkin seeds • To serve the tamales •

corn tortillas, lightly fried on both sides in oil or vegetable shortening until soft • shelled, salted peanuts (about 140 grams) • roasted tomatoes • roasted onion, peeled and sliced into half-moons • red apple, cored and chopped • roasted garlic cloves, peeled • Small handful of freshly chopped mixed herbs (such as thyme, oregano, or marjoram) • fried chiles to taste (I use guajillo and ancho) • roasted cinnamon and cumin • salt • cooked sweet potato, mashed with a touch of vegetable shortening with salt or peanut butter, and freshly ground spices (about 250 grams). This is to make a mash • To serve or garnish: •

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 • Mexican crema • Cilantro • Cheese • Onion • guajillo chiles • peanuts (about 35 grams) • Roma tomatoes

boneless chicken breast, cut into 4 pieces • shelled peanuts (about 150 grams) • dried chile de árbol peppers • medium tomatoes • medium onion • garlic clove • chicken broth, • small French roll (bolillo) • corn tortilla • cilantro

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) •

bolillos (or 7 small French bread rolls) • piloncillos (or 5 cones of Mexican brown sugar, about 1 1/4 pounds/570 grams total) • cinnamon sticks • prunes (about 280 grams) • raisins (about 150 grams) • bananas • apple • peanuts (about 140 grams) • unsalted butter (about 1 cup/226 grams) • queso fresco or panela cheese (about 200 grams) • corn tortillas

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 •

plantain (ripe) • small French roll (bolillo) • mulato chiles • ancho chiles • tomato • onion • garlic cloves • cinnamon stick • whole clove • whole black peppercorns • dried oregano • almonds •

pork (about 3 kg) • Salt • garlic • corn tostadas • mulato chile (dried poblano chile) • ancho chiles • mulato chiles (dried chilaca chiles) • plantains • Oil • garlic • bolillo rolls (or French rolls) • almonds (about 60 grams) •

bolillos (Mexican bread rolls) • plantains • peanuts, to taste • raisins, to taste • shredded coconut, to taste • piloncillo cones (or 2 cups packed dark brown sugar, about 400 grams) • butter • cinnamon, to taste • cloves, to taste • corn tortillas • basket cheese, to taste (or queso fresco) • dried prunes, to taste •

French rolls or bolillos • day-old corn tortillas • walnuts (about 150 grams) • prunes (about 50 grams) • raisins (about 100 grams) • peanuts (about 200 grams) • dried fruit (about 100 grams) • fresh apple, peeled and chopped • plantain, sliced • cotija cheese, crumbled (about 100 grams) • Zest of 1 orange • cones piloncillo (Mexican brown sugar) •

bolillos (Mexican bread rolls) • butter • vegetable oil • cones piloncillo (Mexican brown sugar) • cinnamon stick • sweetened condensed milk • evaporated milk • whole milk • corn tortillas • walnuts (about 60 grams) • peanuts (about 70 grams) • raisins (about 75 grams) •

toasted bolillo rolls with butter • cones piloncillo (Mexican brown sugar) • cinnamon • Cloves, to taste • ripe plantains • large apples • peanuts (about 140 grams) • queso fresco (about 500 grams) • prunes • corn tortillas

ripe plantains • corn tortillas • bolillo rolls (or French rolls) • cones piloncillo (about 21 ounces/600 grams) • cinnamon stick • whole cloves • dried prunes (about 10.5 ounces/300 grams) • raisins (about 8.8 ounces/250 grams) • queso fresco (about 200 grams) • unsalted peanuts (about 5.3 ounces/150 grams) • evaporated milk (12 ounces/354 ml)

masa harina for tamales (about 3 1/3 cups) • hot water (about 3 1/4 cups) • clotted cream from milk, at room temperature (about 1 cup) • sugar (about 200 grams) • salt • baking powder • vanilla or almond extract • toasted and ground almonds or peanuts, raisins, or dried cranberries (about 60 grams) • corn husks for tamales