Torta

beef short ribs, seasoned with salt and lime • avocados • tomatoes • onion • Lime, to taste • Swiss cheese • American cheese • ham • Pickled jalapeños, to taste • bolillo rolls or French rolls

pork leg (about 1 kg) • Juice of 3 oranges • Peel from half an orange • onion • pork lard (about 30 grams) • garlic • avocados • large tomato • onion • serrano peppers or canned pickled peppers • Mayonnaise, to taste • Mustard, to taste •

pumpkin purée (about 2 cups) • all-purpose flour (about 125 grams) • sugar (about 200 grams) • margarine (about 7 tablespoons) • eggs, at room temperature • sweetened condensed milk • baking powder • salt • Vanilla extract • Ground cinnamon, to taste

pork leg (about 750 grams) • pork lard • large onion or 2 small onions • bay leaves • garlic cloves • coarse salt, • whole cloves, to taste • broth (about 480 ml) • California chiles • guajillo chiles • oregano • black pepper •

bolillo roll • turkey ham • Your choice of cheese, to taste • American cheese • Lettuce, to taste • Chipotle pepper sauce or dressing, to taste • Cheese and chili sauce or dressing, to taste • Butter, to taste

telera or bolillo rolls • Oaxaca cheese (about 500 grams) • chorizo (about 500 grams) • avocados • small white onion • tomatoes • lime • Pickled chiles, to taste

breaded chicken cutlet • canned pineapple (in syrup) • ham, to taste • Oaxaca cheese (or mozzarella), to taste • mayonnaise, to taste • butter, to taste • tomato, to taste • lettuce, to taste • avocado, to taste • pickled jalapeños, to taste • torta roll (bolillo or telera)

flour (5 kg) • dry yeast (100 g) • water (3 1/2 liters) • sugar (1 kg) • salt (20 g) • eggs • sugar (3 kg) • flour (6 kg) • lard (2 1/2 liters) • lard

bolillo rolls • achiote paste (50 ml) • guajillo chiles • avocado • lime • orange • tomato • mushrooms or portobello or oyster mushrooms (200 grams) • lettuce or spinach for topping the bread • refried beans

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 •

bolillo rolls • chicken tinga (see recipe) • refried beans (see recipe) • pickled onions (see recipe) • tomato sauce: • tomatoes • garlic • water (240 ml) • salt (5 grams) • fresh oregano

special birote rolls (or use crusty French rolls if unavailable) • tomatoes (about 1 kg) • whole cloves • garlic cloves • small onion • ground cumin • dried oregano • refried beans (about 480 ml) • carnitas (about 500 grams) • dried arbol chiles • Salt, to taste

pork carnitas (about 750 grams) • Refried beans, to taste, mashed • bolillo rolls • FOR THE SAUCE: • tomatoes • whole cloves • garlic cloves • small onion • Dried oregano, to taste • Salt, to taste • Bouillon powder or granules, to taste • water (2 liters) •

green chilaquiles (about 1 kg) • bolillo or telera rolls • refried beans (about 240 ml) • sour cream (about 1/4 kg) • onion, thinly sliced and soaked to mellow flavor • tomatoes • fresh cheese (about 100 grams) • mozzarella cheese (about 100 grams)

pork (about 750 grams) • bolillo rolls (or French rolls) • tomatoes • bay leaves • whole cloves • cumin seeds • Salt, to taste • whole cloves • garlic clove • cumin seeds • Salt, to taste • Refried beans •

For the sauce: • ripe Roma tomatoes (about 1 kg) • whole black peppercorns • garlic clove • bay leaf • Salt to taste • ground cloves • ground cumin • white vinegar • For the sandwiches: • crusty Mexican rolls (birotes salados) • carnitas (pork shoulder or ribs, about 1 kg) •

mini bolillo rolls or small French rolls • refried beans with chorizo (about 1 kg) • thin slices of carnitas or shredded pork leg (about 2 kg) • tomatoes, stemmed and roughly chopped (about 2 kg) • onions, peeled and roughly chopped (about 1/2 kg) • garlic, cloves peeled and chopped • cinnamon, toasted or roasted • small handful toasted cumin seeds • toasted whole cloves • toasted anise seeds • bay leaves • roasted red bell peppers, cleaned, seeded, and stemmed •

teleras or bolillo rolls, split lengthwise with the insides removed • refried beans (homemade or canned) • To taste: Pickled onions with: • lime juice • to taste salt • dried oregano • Sauce: • cooked tomatoes (about 1 kg) • small handful of dried Yahualica chiles • each of toasted cumin, black pepper, clove, and cinnamon • vinegar (240 ml) • garlic, peeled and roasted •

crusty bolillo roll • homemade beef chorizo (see recipe) (about 60 grams) • refried beans (see recipe) (about 60 grams) • tomato salsa for tostadas (see recipe) (about 120 grams) • hot sauce or chili sauce

shredded beef • torta roll or baguette • lettuce • tomato • butter • avocado • tomato • garlic clove • tomatillos • onion • arbol chiles • cream cheese (such as Philadelphia) •

Chinese eggplants, roasted, peeled, and shredded • eggs • bacon • oil (about 45 ml) • Salt and ground black pepper, to taste

bolillos (Mexican sandwich rolls) • ham (about 1 kilogram) • Mexican-style sour cream (about 1 kilogram) • pickled jalapeño peppers, 7 oz • bread flour (about 315 grams) • warm water (about 240 ml) • sugar • active dry yeast • salt

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 •

egg yolks • eggs • sugar (about 200 grams) • flour (about 140 grams) • potato starch (about 60 grams) • milk • vanilla extract • zest of one lemon • melted butter (about 60 grams) • Powdered sugar for decoration

pork (ribs and leg) (about 2 kg) • water (710 ml) • lard (about 450 g) • garlic • medium onion • orange juice (180 ml) • beer (60 ml) • cola (60 ml) • whole cloves • whole black peppercorns (or 12 small ones) • bay leaves • thyme •