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(about 9 oz each, 250 grams) spaghetti • onion • garlic • Dutch Edam cheese, sliced or shredded (150 grams) • heavy cream • milk • Salt, to taste • fresh parsley, cleaned and chopped

corn or flour tortillas, or 1 piece of pita bread • As much sliced ham (pork or turkey) as you like • As much melting cheese as you like

dried corn husks, reserve 4 husks • Medium steamer pot • Dough: • vegetable shortening (about 270 grams) • instant corn masa for tamales (about 480 grams) • vegetable broth (about 630 ml) • baking powder • kosher salt • Filling: • vegetable oil • white onion, sliced into half-moons (about 150 grams) • garlic, minced •

flour tortillas • Smoked cheese, thinly sliced, • thin slices of artisanal quince paste

roasted poblano peppers, seeded and sliced into strips • fresh corn, kernels removed • garlic, minced • small red onion, chopped • tomatoes, pureed • Chicken broth (homemade or powdered) as needed for seasoning • Mexican crema or sour cream (60 ml) • cornstarch • Butter • Shredded cheese of your choice • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste

bell pepper • sliced mushrooms • Panela cheese, • Corn kernels, • tomato • Chopped onion, • Cilantro, • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • Dried herbs, to taste

cooked black beans with broth (about 240 ml) • avocado oil • shredded Oaxaca cheese (about 50 grams) • dried oregano • nopal tortillas • as needed, cooking spray • finely sliced lettuce (about 50 grams) • avocado • as needed, sour cream • as needed, green salsa or your favorite salsa

cream cheese (such as Philadelphia or similar) • Edam cheese (preferably El Gallo Azul or similar) • eggs • evaporated milk • sweetened condensed milk • (about 1/3 cup) sliced almonds or grated Edam cheese • granulated sugar • water • vanilla extract

As many flour tortillas as needed (see my recipe collection) • Sliced ham (turkey, pork, or bologna), • Shredded cheese, such as Manchego, Chihuahua, Asadero, Oaxaca, or Gouda, as desired • Sliced tomato, as desired • Lettuce, as desired • Pickled jalapeños (see my recipe collection), optional, as desired • Spicy salsa, optional, as desired

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 •

small zucchini (very green and tender, sliced) • onion (sliced) • sour cream (about 1/2 liter) • garlic (finely minced) • tomato puree • shredded cheese (such as Manchego, Gouda, Gruyère, or Parmesan) • Butter, • chicken bouillon powder • canned corn kernels • dried oregano

beef hot dogs, sliced in half lengthwise • flour tortillas • shredded quesadilla cheese (about 115 grams) or Oaxaca cheese

large potatoes • eggs • heavy cream or milk (about 120 grams) • unsalted butter (about 90 grams) • shredded mozzarella cheese (about 300 grams) • chicken breasts • bacon (about 200 grams) • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste

corn flour (Maseca) (about 500 grams) • warm water (about 500 ml) • thinly sliced beef steak (about 500 grams) • Garlic powder, all-purpose seasoning, and salt to taste • Shredded cheese,

Doritos of your choice • roasted onion, precooked (Miso Mayonnaise) • shredded cheese and 4 slices of American cheese • precooked shredded beef

chicken breast, sliced into cutlets • heavy cream (about 480 ml) • small can chipotle peppers • ham • panela cheese (about 115 grams) • Salt, to taste • garlic cloves • onion • Oil,

ground beef (500 grams) • Oregano, to taste • Chopped parsley, to taste • Garlic powder, to taste • Ground black pepper, to taste • eggs • Shredded cheese, • pork rinds, crushed (about 60 grams) • Manchego cheese, cut into cubes, • sliced mushrooms (about 70 grams) • zucchini • Butter, •

sliced and toasted French bread (birote) • cinnamon • tomatoes • onion • whole black peppercorns • whole clove • piloncillo (Mexican brown sugar cones) • Cotija cheese (about 250 grams) • lard (about 1 kg) • raisins (about 150 grams) • roasted peanuts (about 150 grams)

poblano peppers, seeded, cleaned, and cut into strips (about 250 grams) • medium white onion, sliced into half-moons • cooked chicken breast, shredded • corn kernels (about 6.5 oz or 180 grams) • heavy cream (about 1 cup or 250 ml) • spreadable cream cheese (about 3.5 oz or 95 grams) • unsalted butter (about 1.75 oz or 50 grams)

corn tortillas • to taste freshly cooked beans • to taste California chiles • to taste garlic • to taste chicken bouillon • to taste oil • to taste shredded cooked chicken • to taste grated dry cheese (such as Cotija or queso fresco) • to taste thinly sliced lettuce • to taste Mexican crema or sour cream • to taste your favorite salsa • to taste red onion pickled in lime juice and salt •

corn flour (maseca) • eggs • vegetable oil • milk • garlic • small piece onion • finely chopped epazote or cilantro • Salt to taste • very thinly sliced ham • thinly sliced Gouda cheese • baking powder

cream cheese • sweetened condensed milk • lime juice (from Persian/Tahitian limes) • tequila (about 2 1/4 oz or 45 ml) • Zest of 1 lime • Lime slices and zest, to taste • Sugar, to taste

natural tomato puree (about 1 kg) • medium onion • olive oil • oregano • salt, to taste • corn tortillas • ricotta cheese (about 500 grams) • romaine lettuce, thinly sliced, • low-fat sour cream, • grated Cotija cheese,

flour tortillas • cheese (Oaxaca, Manchego, or Gouda) • Sliced poblano peppers, • egg • Breadcrumbs, • Nonstick cooking spray (such as Pam), • tomato • tomatillos • onion • garlic clove • Salt, to taste • chipotle pepper in adobo sauce (or 1 serrano pepper)

corn tortillas, cut into squares or strips • cooked beans (about 120 ml) • onion, sliced • black pepper • ground cumin • Salt, to taste • oil • Hot sauce of your choice, to taste • Shredded cheese, to taste

large poblano peppers • cooked and mashed beans (no added fat) • panela cheese, sliced (about 150 grams) • low-fat sour cream • Salt and pepper

evaporated milk (200 ml) • sour cream (100 ml) • cream cheese (150 g) • Camembert cheese (50 g) • water • chicken bouillon powder • onion powder • chipotle pepper in adobo sauce • chorizo (250 g) • cooked potatoes • garlic powder • Salt to taste •

Tortillas • Oaxaca cheese • potatoes • chicken breast, sliced into cutlets • Breadcrumbs for breading

beef for shredding (about 400 grams) • handmade corn tortillas • sliced Manchego cheese (about 200 grams) • Cotija cheese (about 100 grams) • corn, kernels removed • onion, thinly sliced • poblano peppers, cut into strips • garlic, minced • Butter, • Mexican crema (about 60 ml) • Roma tomatoes • garlic •

boneless, skinless chicken breasts • whole cleaned nopales (cactus paddles) • Cheese of your choice, • bell pepper • onion • sliced mushrooms • Spices of your choice, to taste