What Bolillo means
Bolillo is a Mexican bread name of Spanish origin meaning "little ball". It is built from Spanish bola (ball) and -illo (diminutive). It is pronounced boh-LEE-yoh, and it is most associated with the whole country.
The crusty white roll of the torta. In Mexican slang bolillo also means a pale-skinned person or a foreigner, so the word is a false friend worth knowing.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Mexican pan dulce is named by shape, and the names are pure visual poetry: concha (shell), oreja (ear), cuernito (little horn), ojo de buey (ox eye), corbata (necktie), puerquito (little pig), bigote (moustache).
