Authentic Guacamole
The Mexican original is made in a molcajete and contains no garlic, no cumin and no soured cream β just avocadoβ¦
Chillies, corn and slow-built layers of smoke and acid. 14 tested Mexican recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The Mexican original is made in a molcajete and contains no garlic, no cumin and no soured cream β just avocadoβ¦
Chilli-and-achiote-marinated pork, shaved off a vertical spit and served with pineapple, onion and coriander. Thisβ¦
Corn tortillas rolled around shredded chicken, blanketed in a red chilli sauce made from whole dried chillies ratherβ¦
Ridged, crackling churros dusted in cinnamon sugar with a pot of dark chocolate for dipping. The dough is a simpleβ¦
A long-simmered chilli built on toasted whole spices and a hit of dark chocolate, with the beef cut into cubesβ¦
Pork shoulder braised in its own fat with orange and bay until it falls apart, then crisped under a hot grill soβ¦
Three ingredients in the right proportions, shaken hard and served over ice with a half-salted rim. No mixers, noβ¦
Baja-style tacos with beer-battered white fish, a lime crema and shredded cabbage for crunch. Twenty minutes fromβ¦
Charred corn slathered in crema and mayonnaise, rolled in salty cotija and dusted with chilli and lime. It is theβ¦
A properly made quesadilla is about the cheese pull and the crisp, blistered tortilla β nothing more. Ten minutesβ¦
Fried eggs on crisped tortillas under a warm, smoky ranchero sauce, with black beans and avocado. The Mexicanβ¦
Masa whipped with lard until it floats, wrapped around chilli-braised pork in corn husks and steamed until it setsβ¦
Mexico's celebratory hominy stew: pork simmered until tender in a brick-red guajillo broth, served with a table fullβ¦
Puebla's legendary sauce: more than twenty ingredients β chillies, nuts, seeds, spices, dried fruit and chocolate ββ¦