Manteca

Cooked beans (very soft) • heaping tablespoons pork lard (about 75 grams) • Dried árbol chiles • corn tortillas, cut into pieces (to fry with the lard, garlic, and chiles) • garlic cloves

Thick, crispy tostadas • Black refried beans cooked in pork lard • Pressed pork cracklings • Avocado • Red onion • Lime, salt, and pepper to taste

fresh corn dough (about 500 grams) • Salt, to taste • Pork lard, to taste • Avocado, to taste (optional)

corn tortillas, fried in oil until soft • sunny-side-up eggs cooked in pork lard • tomatoes, roasted over coals and steamed in a bag • onion, peeled, sliced into strips, and grilled with salt • garlic, chopped • dried piquín chiles, toasted and stemmed • dried Yahualica chiles, toasted and stemmed • dried morita chiles, toasted and stemmed • small piece of cinnamon stick, toasted • Freshly ground spices, to taste • Freshly ground salt, to taste • homemade vinegar or pineapple vinegar •

tortilla masa (about 1 kg) • Salt, to taste • hot water (120 ml) • melted lard (120 ml) • spinach, cleaned and finely chopped

pork (about 1.5 kg) • bay leaves • garlic cloves, unpeeled and halved • Salt, to taste • guajillo chiles (or similar dried red chiles) • arbol chiles • garlic cloves • Cumin, to taste • Salt, • lard • Broth from the cooked pork, • masa (about 3 kg) •

masa (about 3 kg) • lard (about 1 kg) • dried corn husks • chicken breasts • wheel unsalted cheese • fresh epazote (about 100 grams) • salt (about 100 grams) • tomatoes (about 1 kg) • guajillo chiles (about 500 grams) • chipotle chiles (about 50 grams) • thyme (about 10 grams)

pork lard • pork stomach or maw • pork cheek • pork leg • pork ribs • whole pork skin • pork loin or sirloin • beer • cola (Pepsi or Coke) • large oranges • lemon • water to dissolve the salt •

masa quebrada (coarse white corn dough) • broth (1 liter) • tequesquite water (alkaline mineral water, or substitute with 1 cup water and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda) • lard (about 1 cup or 225 grams) • chopped epazote (or substitute with cilantro if unavailable) • chopped onions • chia seeds • Sea salt, to taste • small corn husks, soaked in salted water with avocado leaves

cooked beans • lard, • small piece of onion

pork leg (90/10) • pork leg (80/20) • pork spare ribs • pork skin • pork lard • fine or coarse salt • warm water (about 500 ml)

dried beans (about 1 kg) • Pork lard or butter, to taste • Ranchera sauce or chipotle peppers, to taste • Salt, to taste

corn flour (Maseca) (or you can buy it freshly made at a tortilleria) • As needed, water • lard or vegetable shortening • baking powder (such as Royal) • Salt, to taste • guajillo chiles • poblano peppers • Oregano • Cumin • chicken bouillon cube (such as Knorr) • chicken or beef • onion •

medium lobsters • Salt and pepper • lard • butter • tomatoes • garlic • onion • oil • rice (about 200 grams) • chicken broth (about 480 ml) • water (about 720 ml) • Salt, to taste •

all-purpose flour (about 1 kilogram) • baking powder (such as Royal or Rexal) • Salt, to taste • butter (about 1/2 stick or 45 grams) • lard (about 100 grams) • hot water (480–600 ml)

all-purpose flour (2 kg) • pork lard • small container baking powder (Royal brand, about 0.5 oz or 15 grams) • Zest of 2 oranges • Water • Sugar to taste • Vanilla extract to taste • eggs

tamal corn flour (Maseca) (about 480 grams) • pork lard (about 225 grams) • salt • baking powder (such as Royal) • broth or more (about 750 ml) • as needed, corn husks for tamales

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 •

masa for tortillas (about 4 kg) • lard (about 1.5 kg) • salt (about 120 ml) • baking powder (such as Royal) • broth (about 3 liters) • pork shoulder or leg (about 750 grams) • pork ribs (about 250 grams) • mole paste (about 250 grams) • chicken breast with bone (for flavoring the broth) • garlic • onion • medium tomatillos •

For the dough: • pork lard (about 500 grams) • masa harina for tortillas (about 1.5 kilograms) • baking powder • salt • Chicken broth, • Masa harina, • For the filling: • whole chicken breast • garlic cloves • onion • Water, •

all-purpose flour (about 1 kg) • salt • lard or unsalted butter (about 1/2 kg) • eggs • milk • for brushing • egg yolk

pork leg, cut into pieces (about 1 kg) • bay leaves • pork lard • white onion • pasilla chiles • guajillo chiles • garlic cloves • dried oregano • ground cumin • whole black peppercorns • Salt, to taste • vinegar (60 ml) •

corn (kernels removed) • water (2 liters) • lard or butter • onion • garlic • Epazote, • Salt, to taste • Green chiles, to taste

corn flour for tortillas (about 1 kg) • pork lard (about 500 grams) • salt • pork (about 250 grams) • chicken breasts • dried ancho chiles • dried mulato chiles • dried pasilla chiles • hard-boiled eggs • tomatillos • Roma tomatoes • almonds (about 50 grams) •

masa harina (about 2 kg) • pork lard (about 500 grams) • pork rib broth (about 2 1/2 liters) • Banana • Salt, to taste • filling • pork ribs (about 500 grams) • dried ancho chiles, fried • dried chipotle chiles, fried • roasted tomatoes • roasted garlic cloves • roasted onion •

masa harina (about 1 kg) • high-quality pork lard (about 4 oz or 115 grams) • baking powder • warm water (about 750 ml) • chicken bouillon powder • Hydrated and dried corn husks. You can use aluminum foil if you can’t find husks • Chicharrón with two chiles • Chicken in green sauce • Rajas with cuaresmeño chile

pork (leg, bone-in rib, loin, or flank) • onion, quartered • garlic cloves • whole allspice berries • thyme • marjoram • bay leaves • Juice of 1 orange • evaporated milk (60 ml) • cola (such as Coca-Cola) • Maggi seasoning sauce • coarse salt •

pork ribs • pork shoulder • pork lard • evaporated milk • orange juice • orange with peel • onion • garlic • salt to taste • whole black peppercorns • bay leaves to taste

pork belly • onion • garlic • lard • coarse salt • table salt • water • milk • orange

pork leg • pork skin • pork ribs • pork lard • oranges • cola • onion • garlic • Salt, pepper