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chicken wings • guajillo chiles, or to taste • onion • garlic • tropical plums • Jalapeño, to taste • annatto • Salt and pepper, to taste • apple cider vinegar

dried guajillo chiles • dried poblano chile (ancho chile) • large beef tongue • white onion • red tomatoes (Roma or plum) • tomatillos (green tomatoes) • Salt and pepper to taste • dried arbol chiles • chicken bouillon powder (such as Knorr)

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 •

dried hibiscus flowers (jamaica), rinsed well (about 50 grams) • pitted prunes (about 80 grams) • Juice of 1/2 lemon • brown sugar (or 1/3 cup, about 65-100 grams) • chili powder with lime and salt • hibiscus tea (about 480 ml)

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

shelled peanuts (about 400 grams) • raisins (about 300 grams) • pitted prunes (about 400 grams) • Banana, to taste • bolillo rolls (or French bread rolls) • Butter • piloncillo cones • Candied sweet potato and pumpkin, diced

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 •

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 •

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) •

French bread rolls (birotes), sliced and left out in the sun to dry • Oil or lard for frying, • piloncillo (about 1 kg) • cinnamon • water (2 liters) • whole cloves • walnuts • Small handful of raisins • or small handful of dried prunes • Small handful of shredded coconut • Small handful of unsalted peanuts • sliced almonds (about 100 grams or a small handful) •

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 •

bolillo rolls (or French bread rolls) • bananas • (about 200 grams) fresh plums • (about 200 grams) dried prunes • (about 200 grams) peanuts • (about 150 grams) cheese (such as queso fresco or mild cheddar) • (about 350 grams) piloncillo (or dark brown sugar) • whole cloves • cinnamon stick • (about 150 grams) butter • (about 8 liters) water

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) •

dark piloncillo cones, 7 oz each (about 600 grams total) • cinnamon sticks • whole cloves • peanuts (about 24 oz or 680 grams) • plantains • white sandwich bread (such as Bimbo, about 28 oz or 800 grams total) • sugar (about 38 grams) • Raisins, to taste • Dried prunes, to taste • Mozzarella cheese, to taste • water (2.5 liters) • unsalted butter (about 2 oz or 57 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

stale bolillos (Mexican bread rolls) • Raw unsalted peanuts, to taste • Raisins, to taste • Dried prunes, to taste • egg yolks • evaporated milk • sweetened condensed milk • whole milk • vanilla extract • cheese (Chihuahua, Gouda, or Manchego—use your favorite) • ripe plantain, chopped • piloncillo (about 50 grams) •

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)

boiled whole milk (about 1.5 liters) • French rolls or crusty bread rolls (bolillos), unsalted • green tomatoes (tomatillos) • whole cloves • whole black peppercorns • onion • cinnamon • sweetened condensed milk • butter • raisins (about 30 grams) • almonds (about 30 grams) • walnuts (about 30 grams) •

rice (about 200 grams) • evaporated milk • sweetened condensed milk • prunes or raisins, to taste • ground cinnamon (or 2 cinnamon sticks)

medium portobello mushrooms • orange juice (about 480 ml) • honey (about 30 ml) • garlic clove • onion • Mixed herbs (such as bay leaf, thyme, oregano) • allspice berries • apple cider vinegar (about 15 ml) • dried prunes • Salt, to taste • ---- for the salsa • tomatoes •

water (about 3 quarts) • piloncillo (or brown sugar) • cinnamon stick • prunes • dried apples • guavas • hibiscus flowers • tamarind pods • dried cranberries • raisins • dried peaches • Sugarcane strips, to taste •

ground meat prepared for meatballs. Recipe included • beef or chicken broth • large potatoes, quartered • zucchinis or one chayote, quartered lengthwise • carrots, quartered lengthwise • cilantro and mint • red tomatoes, plum or Roma • onion, roasted • garlic, roasted • ground cumin • Meatballs - HOW TO PREPARE THE MEAT • ground beef or half pork, top quality •

pork • beef • chopped onion • garlic, chopped • bacon, chopped • carrot, finely peeled and chopped • crushed peppercorns • Sliced olives (pitted), • Chopped prunes (pitted), • Chopped pistachios, • Halved almonds, • Chopped dates (pitted), to taste •

soy chilorio (about 7.5 oz or 215 g each) • chopped onion (about 40 grams) • medium tomato or 2 plum tomatoes, chopped (about 1 cup or 150 grams) • serrano pepper, seeded and chopped • cilantro, washed, chopped (about 1/4 cup or 10 grams) • orange bell pepper, cut into thin strips (about 1 cup or 120 grams) • avocado, peeled and sliced into 8 lengthwise pieces • vegetable oil (30 ml) • Flour tortillas, as needed (at least 3 per person)

cooked pork loin, shredded (about 200 grams) • baby lettuce or romaine heart • plum tomato • radishes, depending on size • large slices red onion • olive oil, divided • red wine vinegar • dried oregano • Salt and pepper, to taste

corn tortillas (about 200 grams) • plum tomatoes (about 500 grams) • guajillo chiles • ancho chile • chopped onion (about 1 oz or 30 grams) • garlic cloves • serrano chile • dried shredded beef (machaca) (about 30 grams) • fresh cheese, crumbled (about 50 grams) • chicken broth (about 300 ml)