Maguey

chile de agua pepper • maguey worms • huitlacoche (about 100 grams) • chopped onion (about 1 oz or 30 grams) • chopped epazote (about 0.1 oz or 3 grams) • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • yellow bell peppers • Mexican crema or sour cream (about 3 1/2 oz or 100 grams) • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste

chicken drumsticks, 6 chicken gizzards, and 2 chicken wings • medium nopales (cactus paddles) • dried morita chiles • onion, sliced into half-moons • garlic, finely chopped • epazote to taste • salt to taste • chicken bouillon cube • maguey mixiote leaf • water (2 liters)

lamb or mutton (ribs, leg, and backbone) • maguey leaves (optional) • cooked chickpeas (about 300 grams) • mixed herbs (such as thyme, marjoram, bay leaf) • rice • dried guajillo chile • dried morita chiles • Himalayan salt, to taste • onion • avocado leaves • garlic cloves • allspice berries •

whole chicken (about 4.6 lbs or 2.1 kg) • Salt to taste (preferably sea salt) • carrots • Green peas to taste • Chickpeas to taste • Maguey leaves as needed • medium onion • garlic • Roma tomatoes • dried mirasol chiles • dried ancho chiles • Cumin to taste •

heavy whipping cream (100 ml) • siphon • liquid nitrogen cartridge • prepared nogada sauce (100 ml) • pomegranate juice (80 ml) • plus 1 teaspoon water (20 ml) • flour (14 grams) • oil (60 ml) • poblano pepper, thinly sliced • layer maguey worm eggs • plantain • onion •

red jalapeño peppers • agave or maguey syrup • pulque • salt to taste • For the bean filling: • refried black beans • dry chorizo, well-fried, mixed • mashed plantains, mixed and used to fill with this puree • mashed potatoes • Picadillo made with beef or pork and vegetables, to taste • Ricotta with herbs or nuts, to taste • plastic bag to sweat the peppers •