Pasilla

steak (use your choice: beef, pork, or chicken) • red tomatoes • dried pasilla chiles • garlic cloves • onion • bean, chicken, or beef broth (about 1/2 liter; use water if you don't have broth) • cilantro • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • Oregano, to taste • Cumin, to taste • Oil, to taste

eggs • medium tomatoes (red) • small piece onion • garlic • dried oregano • pasilla chiles • Oil, salt, and pepper to taste • Chiles de árbol to taste

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 •

steak, cut into strips (about 450 grams) • nopales (cactus paddles), cut into strips and de-slimed • For the sauce: • roasted tomatoes • roasted onion • roasted garlic clove (optional) • roasted pasilla chile, seeded and softened • water or chicken broth (240 ml) • cooked beans (about 170 grams) • Corn tortillas • cooked potatoes

tlacoyos (I buy them pre-made) • medium tomatillos • pasilla chiles, washed, seeded, and deveined • onion • garlic cloves • sea salt, to taste • finely shredded lettuce, to taste • radishes, cut into thin strips, to taste • grated Cotija cheese, to taste

dried cooking chiles, Chipotle, or Pasilla • ground beef • carrots • large potato • candied fruit, guava paste or dried fig • nutmeg • large cream cheese • milk (about 1/2 liter) • heavy cream (about 1/2 liter) • Salt to taste • Seasoning powder

chicken leg quarters (about 680 grams) • potatoes, diced (about 225 grams) • large zucchini, diced • large carrots, diced • chayotes, diced • green beans, cut into 4 pieces each (about 115 grams) • Cabbage • corn, each cut into 3 pieces • Herbs of your choice (such as bay leaf, thyme, marjoram) • Onion, garlic • Black pepper to taste • Salt to taste •

vegetable oil • onion, chopped • garlic • red tomatoes, diced • green tomatoes, diced • pasilla chiles, deveined and seeded • morita chiles, cleaned, deveined, and seeded • fresh cilantro • allspice • whole cumin • clove • chicken or vegetable broth •

dried chiles (such as ancho, pasilla, cascabel, or your choice), toasted • roasted tomatoes • roasted garlic cloves • roasted onion • coarse salt, preferably • black pepper • oregano • oranges • water (about 480 ml) • pork shanks • Black pepper, to taste

beef shank with bone (about 1 kg) • pasilla chiles • onion • garlic clove • zucchini • corn • salt and pepper

whole chicken • guajillo chiles, 1 pasilla chile • garlic clove, piece of onion • tomato (red), 1 teaspoon dried oregano, salt • potatoes • carrots • zucchini • chayote squash • broccoli

beef neck bones (about 1 kg) • dried pasilla chiles (50 g) • dried ancho chiles (50 g) • green beans (50 g) • large potato • large zucchini • corn • epazote • garlic • onion • Salt, to taste • Chicken bouillon powder, to taste

beef, pork, or a combination • dried pasilla chiles • red onion • allspice berries • dried oregano • bay leaf • garlic cloves • potato • carrot

boneless pork leg (about 3 kilos) • pasilla chiles • onion • large garlic cloves • Salt, to taste • Black pepper • whole cloves • dried oregano • mixed dried herbs • vinegar (about 355 ml) • water (about 475 ml)

chicken • guajillo chiles • ancho chile • pasilla chile • onion • garlic • cactus paddles (about 1 kg nopales) • mixed vegetables (about 1 kg) • whole black peppercorns • Salt, to taste

whole chicken, cut up and skin removed • pasilla chiles • chicken bouillon • oregano • garlic cloves • cumin • thyme • whole black peppercorns • cloves • bay leaf • tomatoes • enough water to cover the chicken •

chicken pieces (300 grams) • dried pasilla chiles (30 grams) • dried oregano (2 grams) • ground cumin (1 gram) • garlic cloves • whole black peppercorns • whole clove • bay leaves • Roma tomatoes (200 grams) • to taste kosher salt • onion (100 grams) • lime •

chicken leg quarters, • guajillo chiles, • ancho chiles, • morita chiles, seeded • cumin • black peppercorns, • whole cloves, • bay leaves, • garlic cloves, • onion, salt, • avocado • nopales (cactus paddles), •

To cook the pork: • onion • bay leaves • garlic • pork shoulder or up to 2.2 lbs (800 g to 1 kg) • For the marinade: • ground cumin • ground black pepper (whole peppercorns can be used) • dried oregano • whole clove • large garlic cloves • small piece cinnamon stick (see photo) •

pork loin (about 500 grams) • tomatoes (about 500 grams) • spicy guajillo chiles • onion • garlic • white potatoes • pepper, to taste • salt, to taste • water • parchment paper for mixiotes or aluminum foil

lamb shoulder or loin (about 400 grams) • mixiote leaves, • dried ancho chiles • dried pasilla chile • allspice berries • whole cloves • dried oregano • ground cumin • pulque (about 250 ml) • avocado leaves • bitter orange • garlic •

pork shoulder, cut into pieces (1 kg) • lard (about 170 grams) • pasilla chiles (Mexico) • guajillo chiles (Mexico) • Chiles, cooked and seeded • coriander seeds (optional) • dried oregano • ground cumin • vinegar (120 ml) • garlic cloves • Black pepper to taste (optional) • Salt to taste

nopales (cactus paddles) • chickpeas (about 200 grams) • zucchini • large red onions • potatoes • Guero chile pepper • large carrots • poblano peppers • cilantro • Avocado • Tomato sauce with pasilla and mirasol chiles

beef tenderloin • chayote • green beans • black chilhuacle chiles • Mexican pasilla chile • dried tortilla • garlic • white onion • cloves • allspice berries • cumin • oregano •

textured soy • onion • pasilla chiles • guajillo chiles • bay leaves • allspice berries • white vinegar • cloves • garlic cloves • cumin • salt to taste • chopped cilantro to taste •

turkey or chicken (500 grams) • ripe plantain • medium tomatoes • mulato chiles (50 grams) • pasilla chiles (40 grams) • almonds (75 grams) • raisins (25 grams) • white onion • tablet Mexican chocolate • chile seeds • corn tortilla • bolillo (Mexican bread roll) •

beef tenderloin (about 1 kg) • guajillo chiles • pasilla chiles • ancho chiles • chipotle chile (for a Sonoran touch) • large garlic clove • ground cumin • ground cloves • onion • chicken bouillon cube • Salt to taste • Black pepper to taste •

boneless pork leg, sliced (1 kg) • pork lard (about 2 1/4 cups or 500 grams) • limes • dried guajillo chiles • dried pasilla or ancho chiles • paprika • white onion • red onions • green cabbage or white cabbage • dried chile de árbol or bird’s eye chiles (250 grams) • avocados • Salt and pepper to taste •

pork shanks (about 2 kg) • Roma tomatoes • onion • dried ancho chile • dried pasilla chiles • dried guajillo chiles • garlic cloves • Black pepper, cumin, cloves, and bay • Beans • Rice • Onion with habanero pepper • Red chili sauce

ripe tomatoes • guajillo chiles • pasilla chile • Chipotle chile, to taste • chicken broth (about 950 ml) • garlic clove • Oregano, to taste • Natural chicken bouillon, to taste • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • cooked chicken breast or any cooked chicken pieces • Vegetables of your choice, such as zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot •