What Corbata means
Corbata is a Mexican bread name of Spanish origin meaning "necktie". It comes from Spanish corbata (necktie). It is pronounced kor-BAH-tah, and it is most associated with the whole country.
A sheet of pastry pinched at the waist so it opens into a bow tie. The Spanish word itself came from Croat, by way of the Croatian cavalry scarves French speakers called cravate.
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).
