# Bollo

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{{Short description|Latin-American corn bun}}
{{other uses|Bollo (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox prepared food
| name               = Bollo
| image              = Bollo de yuca.jpg
| image_size         = 250px
| caption            = Yuca bollo
| alternate_name     = 
| country            = {{flagicon|Colombia}} [Colombia](/source/Colombia)
| region             = [Latin America](/source/Latin_America)
| national_cuisine   = [Colombia](/source/Colombian_cuisine), [Panama](/source/Panamanian_cuisine), [Cuba](/source/Cuban_cuisine), [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador_cuisine), [Spain](/source/Spanish_cuisine), [Portugal](/source/Portuguese_cuisine)
| creator            = 
| course             = 
| type               = [Bread](/source/Bread)
| served             = 
| main_ingredient    = [Yuca](/source/Cassava), corn or potatoes
| variations         = 
| calories           = 
| other              = 
}}

A '''bollo''' is a [bun](/source/bun), common in [Latin America](/source/Latin_America), made from corn, [yuca](/source/Cassava), or potato. Variations are found in the cuisines of [Colombia](/source/Colombian_cuisine), [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador_cuisine), [Cuba](/source/Cuban_cuisine) (''tamal de maíz solamente'') and [Panama](/source/Panamanian_cuisine). Corn and yuca bollos are an indigenous food of the Caribbean coast of Colombia and Panama, where they are boiled in leaves.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recetascocinacolombiana.blogspot.com/2009/08/bollo-de-mazorca.html|title=Bollo de mazorca - Recetas Cocina Colombiana|work=recetascocinacolombiana.blogspot.com|date=17 August 2009 }}</ref> This preparation is similar to the [humita](/source/humita) of the Andes, the [hallaquita](/source/hallaquita) of Venezuela and the [pamonha](/source/pamonha) of Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recipe4living.com/recipes/pleasing_bollos_recipe.htm|title=Appetizers - Pleasing Bollos Recipe Recipe - Recipe4Living|work=recipe4living.com|date=7 April 2020 }}</ref>{{better source|date=June 2018}} 

In Colombia, bollos are sold by street vendors along the Colombian coast, as well as in stores and supermarkets. They are primarily served for breakfast as an accompaniment to cheese.{{Cn|date=March 2025}}

Panamanian bollo has been described as a type of [tamale](/source/tamale).<ref>{{cite book | last1=Kraig | first1=B. | last2=D | first2=C.T.S.P. | title=Street Food around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-59884-955-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9XCjAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA82 | access-date=October 17, 2018 | page=82}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Howard | first=A. | title=Central America | publisher=Fodor's Travel Publications | series=Fodor's Up Close Series | year=1999 | isbn=978-0-679-00311-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XzpPNoKWkPsC | access-date=October 17, 2018 | page=307}}</ref>

In [Spain](/source/Spain) and [Portugal](/source/Portugal), bollo is typically a sweet or savory bun, sometimes spiced with [anise](/source/anise).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marks |first=Gil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFK_yx7Ps7cC&q=Boyoz#v=snippet&q=bollo&f=false |title=Encyclopedia of Jewish Food |date=2010-11-17 |publisher=HMH |isbn=978-0-544-18631-6 |language=en}}</ref>

<gallery class="center" caption="" widths="175px" heights="175px">
File:Bollo Maimón-Salamanca.JPG|Bollo Maimón-Salamanca
File:Bollo limpio.jpg|Bollo
File:Bollos (Requena).jpg|Bollos Requena
File:Bollo de mazorca.jpg|Bollo of Mazorca
File:Bollo de angelito.jpg|Angelito bollo
</gallery>

==See also==
* [List of maize dishes](/source/List_of_maize_dishes)
* {{portal-inline|Food}}

==References==
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Category:Breads
Category:Spanish cuisine
Category:Colombian cuisine
Category:Cuban cuisine
Category:Panamanian cuisine
Category:Maize dishes

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