Cemita
Pápalo lands on a cemita raw, torn from the stem at the last second, its soapy-green sharpness gone the moment it meets heat. Around it sits Puebla's sesame egg roll and a tangle of quesillo.
La Cemita Poblana
Cemita Roll
Puebla's sesame-topped egg bread; slightly sweet, used for cemitas.
Cemita de Queso de Puerco
Head cheese cemita; queso de puerco is Mexican head cheese.
Cemita de Pollo
Chicken cemita; breaded chicken cutlet.
Cemita de Pierna
A Puebla cemita built on pierna, pork leg rubbed in red adobo and oven-roasted, carved thin onto the sesame egg roll with quesillo, heavy avocado, chipotle, and raw pápalo.
Cemita de Milanesa
Classic cemita with breaded meat cutlet, quesillo, avocado, pápalo, chipotle, onion.
Cemita de Carnitas
The cemita de carnitas packs pork cooked slow in its own lard into a domed sesame Puebla roll, with quesillo, avocado, smoky chipotle, and a wild leaf called pápalo laid in raw on top.
Cemita de Carne Enchilada
Pork loin steeped for hours in a guajillo adobo, then seared hard and packed into Puebla's sesame egg roll with quesillo, avocado, chipotle, and raw pápalo. The chile is in the meat, not on it.