Bollo

{{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 | region = Latin America | national_cuisine = Colombia, Panama, Cuba, Ecuador, Spain, Portugal | creator = | course = | type = Bread | served = | main_ingredient = Yuca, corn or potatoes | variations = | calories = | other = }}

A '''bollo''' is a bun, common in Latin America, made from corn, yuca, or potato. Variations are found in the cuisines of Colombia, Ecuador, Cuba (''tamal de maíz solamente'') and Panama. 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 of the Andes, the hallaquita of Venezuela and the 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.<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 and Portugal, bollo is typically a sweet or savory bun, sometimes spiced with 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>

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==See also== * List of maize dishes * {{portal-inline|Food}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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