Pork mints

cooked or prepared pork shoulder (carnitas style) • As needed, warm corn tortillas • large tomatoes, roasted and stemmed • onion, peeled and thinly sliced, roasted • garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced, roasted • serrano chiles, stemmed and roasted • Juice of 1 bitter orange (or substitute with a mix of orange and lime juice) • Citrus zest, to taste • freshly ground spices with salt • Salt, to taste • tequila • pickled jalapeños with carrots, onions, etc., thinly sliced, plus one whole jalapeño •

large sesame seed rolls • black beans mashed with epazote and mint to taste • onions pickled in sour orange juice, sea salt, and dried oregano with a splash of tequila • or to taste chopped cooked pork carnitas, Michoacán style • ripe tomatoes • roasted xoconostles, peeled, seeded, and chopped • large onion, peeled and quartered • garlic, peeled and chopped • mint, chopped • fresh rosemary leaves • cinnamon stick • vinegar •

bolillo rolls, split in half with a firm crumb • mashed or refried beans • roasted pork or carnitas, cut into small pieces • onion rings marinated in lime juice, salt, and dried oregano • For the broth: • tomatoes • freshly ground toasted spices with cinnamon and cumin • fresh cilantro • apple cider vinegar • apple juice • large onion, peeled and roughly chopped • garlic, peeled and chopped •

ground pork and beef (about 600 grams) • water (3 liters) • carrots • chayote squash • zucchini • potatoes • fresh green beans (about 100 grams) • tomatoes • onion • serrano peppers • fresh oregano • small handful rice •

ground pork (about 450 grams) • fresh cilantro • fresh oregano • fresh mint • green poblano pepper • green serrano pepper • garlic, chopped • salt • ground cumin • ground black pepper • ground cinnamon • thyme •

uncooked rice (about 400 grams) • medium onion • garlic • cold water (about 530 ml) • medium tomatillos, chopped • medium tomato, chopped • onion • garlic • fresh mint • whole black peppercorns • allspice berries • whole cloves •

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 •

ground beef (40 grams) • ground pork (40 grams) • green tomatillo • garlic • onion • salt • cumin • chopped mint • chicken bouillon cubes • bay leaf • cumin • black pepper •

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 •