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<h1>Guatemalan Kitchen Staples</h1>
<p class="subtitle">Small batches. Every scrap used. Like budgeting for the week in Queens.</p>
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<strong>Before you begin:</strong> These recipes assume you have read the measurement conversions. "Handful" means 25g. "Until it smells right" means 180°C. Precision honors tradition.
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<h2>Simple Pepián for Two</h2>
<p>Stretches chicken bones and yesterday's tortillas. Serves 2 with leftovers for lunch.</p>
<img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/33395015/pexels-photo-33395015.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940" alt="Bowl of pepián stew with vegetables">
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<h3>Ingredients</h3>
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<li><strong>90g</strong> pumpkin seeds, raw and unshelled</li>
<li><strong>15-20g</strong> dried guajillo chiles (3-4 pieces)</li>
<li><strong>1</strong> large tomato, roasted</li>
<li><strong>½</strong> white onion, charred</li>
<li><strong>3 cloves</strong> garlic, skin blackened</li>
<li><strong>25g</strong> fresh epazote leaves</li>
<li><strong>500ml</strong> bone broth (from saved carcass)</li>
<li><strong>2 tbsp</strong> vegetable oil</li>
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<h3>Method</h3>
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<li>Toast pumpkin seeds at 175°C for 8-10 minutes, stirring twice, until nutty aroma rises.</li>
<li>Rehydrate chiles in boiling water for 20 minutes. Discard stems and seeds.</li>
<li>Blend seeds, chiles, tomato, onion, garlic to velvet-smooth paste. Oil should bead on surface.</li>
<li>Fry paste in oil for 5 minutes until bubbles slow. Pour in broth.</li>
<li>Simmer 25 minutes. Add epazote in final 3 minutes.</li>
<li>Serve with torn tortillas. Save bones for tomorrow's broth.</li>
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<h2>Mole Negro Foundation</h2>
<p>The 32-ingredient celebration sauce. Begin with these seven pillars.</p>
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<h3>Seven Pillars</h3>
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<li><strong>40g</strong> toasted sesame seeds</li>
<li><strong>30g</strong> almonds, blanched</li>
<li><strong>20g</strong> raisins, rehydrated</li>
<li><strong>15g</strong> corn tortilla, fried crisp</li>
<li><strong>10g</strong> dark chocolate (70% cacao)</li>
<li><strong>5g</strong> annatto seeds</li>
<li><strong>3g</strong> cinnamon bark</li>
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Full 32-ingredient protocol coming when I have weighed each component. Do not guess.
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