Definitions

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  • noun A type of white bread roll from Latin America

Etymologies

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From Mexican Spanish bolillo, bread roll

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Examples

  • The bolillo is just the tip of the bakers 'iceberg.

    bakery 2006

  • Linz -- A torta is on a French-bread roll called a bolillo, and it's usually made with mayo, refried beans, jalapenos, avocados, cheese and meat instead.

    How to make a cemita | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

  • In the old days the bolillo was the only bread you could buy in Mexico.

    tortas 1919

  • The whiteness of the bread was what gave the name 'bolillo' to the anglos that passed through.

    tortas 1919

  • Salt to taste the thing about having tomatoes in guac is they need to be chopped small enough for them to not overtake the creamy avocados ... in the rural parts of mexico where in smaller villages/towns they make guac with avocadoes and salt to taste then spread it on warm bolillo (mexican bread) 2: 45 PM

    Guacamole, my way | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

  • Most of the tamale carts offer atole and leche de arroz, a rice-and-milk drink, along with the option of having the tamales served in a thick French-style roll called a bolillo.

    The Mexican kitchen: a taste for all seasons 2009

  • Cathy -- That baker has some mad bolillo-rolling skills!

    Molletes with homemade bolillos | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

  • The bolillo salado is also the traditional bread for genuine Guadalajara tortas ahogadas.

    Desayuno 2009

  • But no matter, as soon as I returned to New York, my first order of business was to make my own molletes, on homemade bolillo rolls.

    Molletes with homemade bolillos | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

  • The bolillo salado is also the traditional bread for genuine Guadalajara tortas ahogadas.

    Desayuno 2009

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