Conchas are, undoubtedly, the most popular and best known pastry in the vast collection of Mexican sweet breads (pan dulce) … click on title for more
Conchas – History and a Few Look-Alikes
Category: Bread
Homemade Buns – Bolillos and Teleras
For those lucky people who scored flour and a few envelopes of instant yeast before they disappeared from the store shelves, this is a basic recipe for homemade Mexican style buns … click on title for more
Extra Crusty Buns (Birote Style)
These buns are perfect to enjoy with a salad or a soup, use for tortas (Mexican sandwiches) or, particularly, to sop up a delicious Mexican sauce ... click on title for more
Birotes – Guadalajara’s Mainstay Bread
Birotes salados are crusty buns with no flavourings or aromatics (other than salt in some cases), but with a unique chewy crumb, which are said to be possible to bake exclusively in the Mexican state of Jalisco and, even more specifically, the region around its capital city, Guadalajara … click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 