Roasted garlic

large chickens (about 7 3/4 lbs or 3.5 kg) • dried ancho chiles, toasted and seeded • dried guajillo chiles, toasted and seeded • serrano chiles • whole black peppercorns • whole cumin seeds • dried oregano • small stick cinnamon • roasted garlic • oil • hoja santa (or acuyo) leaves • avocado leaves •

ground turkey (1 kg) • medium red tomato • onion • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • fresh epazote • recado negro paste (30 grams) • hard-boiled eggs • whole chickens • water (4 liters) • chicken bouillon cubes • tomatoes, chopped •

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

corn tortillas, lightly fried on both sides in oil or vegetable shortening until soft • shelled, salted peanuts (about 140 grams) • roasted tomatoes • roasted onion, peeled and sliced into half-moons • red apple, cored and chopped • roasted garlic cloves, peeled • Small handful of freshly chopped mixed herbs (such as thyme, oregano, or marjoram) • fried chiles to taste (I use guajillo and ancho) • roasted cinnamon and cumin • salt • cooked sweet potato, mashed with a touch of vegetable shortening with salt or peanut butter, and freshly ground spices (about 250 grams). This is to make a mash • To serve or garnish: •

shredded flank steak (500 grams) • cooked nopales (cactus paddles), diced • potatoes, cut into pieces • roasted tomatoes • roasted garlic cloves • roasted onion • cooking broth (from the meat) • cooked guajillo chiles • Salt, to taste

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

chicken (about 1 kg) • pork shank (about 1/2 kg) • beef short ribs with meat (about 1/2 kg) • Onion, to taste • Garlic, to taste • Salt, to taste, for cooking the meat • green beans (about 1/2 kg) • chayotes (about 1/2 kg) • mulato chiles • chilhuacle chiles • water (120 ml) • burnt corn tortilla •

poblano peppers • Onion, • Black pepper, to taste • ground pork (300 grams) • ground beef (300 grams) • pine nuts (50 grams) • almonds (100 grams) • walnuts (100 grams) • candied pineapple (50 grams) • Garlic, • Salt, to taste • cream cheese (110 grams) •

beef marrow bones, cleaned or freshly cut • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • roasted tomatoes • roasted garlic clove • onion • Cilantro, to taste • Salt, to taste • serrano pepper, finely chopped

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 •

pork chops, cut into pieces • green bell pepper • red bell pepper • yellow bell pepper • broccoli, cut into small florets • roasted tomatoes • roasted onion • roasted garlic cloves • roasted green or habanero chiles, to taste • salt, to taste • pepper, to taste • oil,