Ranch

ranch-style beans • bacon (100 grams) • turkey ham (100 grams) • chistorra or pork chorizo (80 grams) • diced tomato • Chopped onion, • Chipotle pepper to taste • Cilantro to taste

chopped cold cuts or deli meats • large onion, chopped • farm-fresh eggs • oil or fat to taste • Salt to taste • Spicy ranch-style aromatic avocado sauce: • avocados, peeled and pitted, just the flesh • thick yogurt • epazote, chopped • cilantro, chopped • garlic, peeled and chopped • Juice of three limes •

dried hibiscus flowers (500 grams) • corn tortillas • ripe tomatoes • white onion • garlic • Salt • Black pepper • Ground cumin • Mexican-style crema or sour cream (300 grams) • fresh ranchero cheese or queso fresco (250 grams) • Onion • Cilantro

ground beef (about 450 grams) • Oil • Garlic powder, salt, and pepper • seasoned tomato sauce (from a 9 oz/259 g box or can) • Ranch Style beans (15 oz/425 grams) • tortilla chips (about 18 oz/500 grams) • Nacho cheese sauce (any brand, about 1 cup)

medium nopal cactus • mashed beans • panela or ranch cheese • tomato sauce • vegetable oil • salt to taste

cooked broccoli florets (about 150 grams) • chicken sausages (about 170 grams) • grated carrot (about 100 grams) • chopped lettuce (about 100 grams) • Spices to taste • Salt to taste • beef flank (about 250 grams) • Ranch dressing to taste

shredded chicken (about 300 grams) • onions, peeled and thinly sliced into julienne strips • jalapeño peppers, stemmed, peeled, seeded, and cut into thin strips • red poblano peppers, seeded, stemmed, and thinly sliced into strips • fresh epazote, finely chopped • garlic, peeled and finely chopped • pork lard (from carnitas) (about 60 grams) • Salt, to taste • warm corn tortillas • Enough oil for deep frying • Spicy homemade red salsa • Spicy homemade green salsa •

cold corn tortillas • (about 450 grams) shredded Oaxaca cheese or light string cheese • enchilada sauce or your preferred sauce • butter

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 •

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 •

cooked hibiscus flowers (from making hibiscus water) (about 400 grams) • large onions, peeled and chopped • garlic, peeled and chopped • tomatillos, husked and chopped (about 500 grams) • dried árbol chiles, toasted and chopped, or use red pepper flakes • sour orange juice (about 240 ml) • epazote, finely chopped • As needed, oil for frying • Salt, to taste • dried ancho chiles, toasted, soaked in vinegar and garlic • cumin, toasted and ground with salt • large onion, cooked •

masa harina dough (about 1.5 kg) • banana leaves (about 1 kg) • hoja santa leaves (also called Mexican pepperleaf) • pork lard (about 1/2 kg) • skinless chicken breast • Roma tomatoes • dried chipotle chiles • cumin • garlic cloves • Salt, to taste

ripe tomatoes, chopped • jalapeño peppers, chopped • onion, chopped • garlic clove (optional) • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • eggs (2 per person) • Tortillas, • Oil,

fish fillet, cut into thin strips (250 g) • For frying: • Plenty of oil • To season or marinate the fish: • Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste • Finely chopped peeled garlic • rosemary, finely chopped • drizzle of olive oil • For the tempura batter: • eggs, beaten with milk, seasoned with salt and pepper • All-purpose flour, sifted, • To serve the taco: •

fried tortilla • ham • poached egg • white vinegar

beef steaks • cumin • black pepper • clove • garlic • onion • tomatoes • potatoes • carrots