Tabasco

cooked potatoes • sweet potato (about 100 grams) • eggs • salt • pepper • little cream cheese • little ham • little cheddar cheese • breadcrumbs • flour • oil for frying • sauce •

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 •

lentils (about 100 grams) • water (about 1 liter) • shrimp bouillon cube • tomatoes, diced small • onion, finely chopped • cilantro, finely chopped • Juice of 1 lime • Juice of 1 orange or • orange soda (about 120 ml) • ketchup (about 120 ml) • white vinegar or Worcestershire sauce • Salt and pepper 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 •

shrimp • Lime juice, to taste • Cucumber, to taste • Onion, to taste • Tomato, to taste • Cilantro, to taste • Avocado, to taste • Clamato juice, to taste • Ketchup, to taste • Maggi seasoning sauce, to taste • Worcestershire sauce, to taste • Ground black pepper, to taste •

raw shrimp (41/50 count, headless) • bell peppers (mixed colors), sliced • white onion, sliced • Juice of 5 limes • serrano peppers, finely chopped • garlic, finely chopped • light beer • Worcestershire sauce (150 ml) • Tabasco sauce • olive oil (60 ml) • Salt and pepper to taste

masa harina (corn dough) • beef, chicken, or pork • achiote paste • black beans • onion • vegetable oil (about 500 ml)

corn masa (about 200 grams) • firm white cheese, such as queso fresco or farmer cheese (about 70 grams) • sugar • vegetable oil (about 500 ml)