1 pound roasted small tomatillos
7 Chiles de Arbol
8 Chiles Puya
4 cloves garlic
1 cup of cilantro
2-3 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt
2 Tbs Oil of your choice for frying. Vegetable oil or, if cooking pork or chicken, feel free to add the pig or chicken fat instead
Peel the rough skin off the tomatillos and clean to remove most of the sticky resin
On a hot griddle covered with foil place the tomatillos . The aluminum foil allows you to conserve ,as opposed to burn off ,the juice that comes off the tomatillos
Reduce to medium and cook, while occasionally rolling them,until tomatillos are charred, soft and leaking. Charring is good
Place the cooked tomatillos and their juice in blender or food processor
On a medium hot frying pan cook the Chiles De Arbol until soft and darkening. Careful with the heat level so that they do not burn. Add to blender or a spice grinder in the event you only have a food processor
Next fry the Chiles Puya the same way as you did the Chiles De Arbol and , as before, add to the blender of the spice grinder
Add the garlic to the blender
Add a cup of water to the blender
Add a cup of cilantro
Add the salt
(if you dont have a blender, grind the softened peppers and add to the processor). Grind to the extent you care to. I like powder while others prefer to see flakes and some seeds)
Run the processor until smooth
Heat oil in a saucepan or frying pan under with medium heat and when hot add the sauce
Cook slowly for about 10 minutes while stirring to round out the taste
Taste for salt
Keep refrigerated. Sauce improves over time as oil and tart tomatillos blend.