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Pastes de Carne con Papa de Real del Monte
Hidalgo's pleated Cornish miner pastry from Real del Monte, filled with hand-diced beef, potato, leek, and parsley. The pleated seam was the miner's clean handle. Eaten hot, in the hand.
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Sopes Surtidos de la Ciudad de México
Ciudad de México's antojería classic: thick masa rounds pinched into bordered shells, crisped in lard, then loaded with refried beans, chipotle tinga, crema, queso fresco, and a surtido of salsas.
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Tlacoyos de Requesón con Salsa Verde
Tlaxcala's pre-Columbian masa pocket, blue corn pinched closed around fresh requesón and epazote, griddled to a charred shell and dressed with tomatillo salsa, crumbled queso añejo, and raw white onion.
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Pellizcadas Tlaxcaltecas
Tlaxcala's hand-pinched masa cakes, slicked with manteca and asiento, topped with frijoles, queso anejo, and salsa. The older sister of the sope, and one of the proudest snacks of central Mexico.
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Quesadillas de Flor de Calabaza con Queso Oaxaca
Ciudad de México's summer quesadilla, blue corn masa folded around squash blossoms wilted with epazote and serrano, queso Oaxaca pulling in long strands from the center, toasted dry on a comal from June to September.
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Pambazos Capitalinos de Papa y Chorizo
Mexico City's guajillo-soaked street bread, fried on the plancha and stuffed with papa con chorizo, lettuce, crema, and queso fresco. A pure red mess that runs down your wrists and ruins your shirt, exactly the way it should.
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Molletes Capitalinos
Ciudad de Mexico's open-face bolillo, split lengthwise, mounted with hot frijoles refritos and queso manchego, broiled until bubbling, crowned with bright pico de gallo. The breakfast of a city that runs on bread and beans.
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Frijoles Refritos Capitalinos con Epazote
Mexico City's daily refried beans, slow-fried in lard with epazote, white onion, and chile serrano. The base that holds up molletes, tlacoyos, sopes, and half the breakfasts in the capital.
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Itacates de Tepoztlán
Morelos triangular masa cakes from the markets of Tepoztlán, comal-baked and split open like a pita, stuffed with Yecapixtla cecina, queso fresco, crema, and salsa verde cruda.
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Salsa Borracha del Altiplano
Hidalgo and Tlaxcala's drunken salsa, built on smoky chile pasilla and fresh pulque, crowned with crumbled queso añejo and raw white onion. The pulque belt distilled into a molcajete.
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Quesadillas de Huitlacoche con Epazote
Ciudad de Mexico's rainy-season quesadilla, blue masa pressed by hand and folded around huitlacoche braised with epazote, garlic, and serrano, then fried in manteca until the crust crackles.
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Tabla de Cecina de Yecapixtla con Queso de Cincho
A Morelos charcuterie board built on sun-cured Yecapixtla beef, chile-rubbed queso de cincho, sour crema de rancho, and longaniza off the comal. A Sunday spread from the foothills of the Popocatepetl.
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Flautas Doradas de Pollo con Crema y Queso
Ciudad de México's fonda standard: long corn tortillas rolled tight around shredded chicken, fried until dorada, and dressed with salsa verde, crema, queso fresco, and shredded lettuce. Eaten the moment they hit the plate.
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Escamoles a la Mantequilla en Tacos
Hidalgo and Tlaxcala's escamoles, the cream-colored larvae of the Liometopum ant, sauteed in butter with epazote and chile serrano and spooned onto warm corn tortillas. Caviar mexicano, and earned.
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Ahuacamolli (Guacamole Prehispánico)
The pre-Columbian ahuacamolli of the Valley of Mexico, pounded in a basalt molcajete with tomate verde, chile serrano, onion, and salt. No lime, no garlic, no shortcuts. The original guacamole, served the way the Mexica ate it.
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Taquitos Dorados de Papa y Chorizo
Ciudad de Mexico's working-kitchen lunch: corn tortillas rolled around chorizo-spiked mashed potato, fried in lard until crisp, dressed with crema and salsa verde. The fonda plate that built a city.
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Pelonas Poblanas
Puebla's bald-bread fried sandwich, a smooth white roll deep-fried whole until shiny and crackling, then split and piled with shredded beef, refried beans, salsa roja, crema, and queso fresco.
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Chalupas Poblanas
Puebla's small soft tortillas, briefly fried in lard on the comal and dressed alive with red or green salsa, shredded chicken, and raw white onion. Served by the half-dozen, eaten with the hands, gone in minutes.
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Tacos de Canasta de Chicharrón Prensado
Ciudad de México's basket tacos, folded around chicharrón prensado, bathed in guajillo-infused lard, and sweated under cloth for hours until the tortilla and filling become one thing.
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Tlacoyos Azules de Haba
Blue-corn tlacoyos from the Valle de México, oval masa cakes stuffed with mashed fava bean paste, toasted on a comal and dressed at the stand with nopales, queso fresco, and salsa verde cruda.
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Gusanos de Maguey Fritos con Guacamole
Hidalgo and Tlaxcala's chinicuiles, red maguey worms toasted crisp on a comal in pork lard, served with guacamole machacado in the molcajete and warm corn tortillas. The pulque belt's most prized seasonal botana.
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Molotes Poblanos de Tinga
Puebla's torpedo-shaped masa croquettes stuffed with chipotle-braised chicken tinga, fried in lard until the shell cracks under the spoon, finished with crema and crumbled queso fresco.
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