Chef Lupita
Atápakua Roja con Guajillo y Ancho
Michoacán's P'urhépecha red atápakua, built with toasted guajillo and ancho, charred jitomate, and fresh masa de maíz, is a thick mother sauce for vegetables, poultry, pork, or tortillas.
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Salsa de Tomate Verde con Chile Perón
Michoacán's Meseta P'urhépecha salsa, built from boiled tomate verde and floral chile perón, martajada in a molcajete until it tastes like Pátzcuaro, Uruapan, and a wood-fire kitchen.
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P'urhépecha Pipián Atápakua de Pepita
Michoacán's P'urhépecha atápakua, a masa-thickened pipián of toasted pepita, guajillo, and chile perón, cooked in clay until it grips chicken, pork, or kurucha the way Meseta cooks mean it.
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White P'urhépecha Atápakua (Atápakua Blanca con Ajonjolí)
Michoacán's white P'urhépecha atápakua is a pale sesame and masa sauce from the Meseta, built in a clay cazuela for fish, chayote, and cooks who know not every Mexican sauce needs chile.
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Squash Blossom Atápakua (Atápakua de Flor de Calabaza)
Michoacán's P'urhépecha atápakua folds squash blossoms into guajillo, chile perón, epazote, and masa de maíz, a thick sauce for chicken or pescado blanco from the lake table.
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Salsa de Zarzamora con Chile Manzano
Michoacán's Lake Pátzcuaro salsa, zarzamoras crushed in a molcajete with roasted chile manzano or chile perón until sweet fruit and floral fire hold the same spoon.
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Salsa de Tomate Cocido para Corundas
Michoacán's Pátzcuaro table salsa for corundas, built from cooked jitomate, chile perón, garlic, and broth, then finished with crema and queso fresco.
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Salsa Atápakua de Hongos Silvestres
Michoacán's Meseta P'urhépecha gives this atápakua its wild mushrooms, floral chile perón, and masa-thickened body, a rainy-season sauce for pescado, chayote, eggs, or warm tortillas.
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Salsa Atápakua de Quelites
Michoacán's Meseta P'urhépecha sauce of milpa quelites, roasted chile perón, tomatillo, and masa de maíz, ground in a molcajete and served over chicken, eggs, beans, or warm corundas.
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Toasted Pepita Pipián P'urhépecha
Michoacán's Meseta pipián, toasted pepitas and guajillo ground smooth, fried in manteca, and loosened with broth until it coats kurucha or chicken like a serious P'urhépecha sauce.
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Salsa de Chile Perón Martajada
Michoacán's Meseta P'urhépecha table salsa, chile perón blistered on the comal, crushed rough with garlic, lime, and sal de grano in the molcajete, not beaten smooth.
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Atápakua Verde con Cilantro y Serrano
Michoacán's green atápakua is a P'urhépecha masa-thickened sauce of tomate verde, cilantro, hierbabuena, and serrano, martajada in a molcajete and ladled over chicken in a Cocucho cazuela.
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P'urhépecha Molcajete Salsa with Chile Perón
Michoacán's Meseta table salsa, built from comal-tatemado jitomate and chile perón, crushed martajada in volcanic stone so the thick skins, black seeds, and fire-char stay visible.
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Atápakua de Hierbabuena
Michoacán's Meseta P'urhépecha sauce of fresh hierbabuena, chile perón, broth, and masa de maíz, pounded in the molcajete and thickened in a clay cazuela until it coats the spoon.
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Salsa de Chile Perón con Naranja y Limón
Michoacán's Meseta P'urhépecha salsa, built from blistered chile perón, orange, lime, garlic, and sal de grano, ground rough in a molcajete until the skins stay visible.
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