4 mexican chocolate stars Recipes

water, cinnamon stick, star anise (optional), milk, mexican chocolate (such as chocolate ibarra), pinole (coarse ground maize flour), crushed piloncillo (mexican brown sugar cone), or more to taste

unsalted shelled pepitas, toasted, semisweet chocolate, chopped, unsalted butter, room temperature, sugar, ground cinnamon, salt, all purpose flour, egg white, lightly whisked

turkey thighs (3/4 lb each), white onion, stalks celery, quartered, cilantro (about 1 cup sprigs), allspice berries, star anise pod (break off a point), black peppercorns, kosher salt, tomatillos, husked, tomatoes, garlic, unpeeled, white onion, vegetable oil or lard, dried ancho chiles, stemmed and seeded (seeds reserved), dried pasilla chiles, stemmed and seeded, corn tortilla, plus more for serving (optional), raw almonds, chopped, raisins, pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds), sesame seeds, plus more for topping, allspice berries, black peppercorns, star anise pod (break off a point), cinnamon stick, kosher salt, sweet mexican drinking chocolate, chopped, cooked rice , for serving