What Oreja means
Oreja is a Mexican bread name of Spanish origin meaning "ear". It comes from Spanish oreja (ear). It is pronounced oh-REH-hah, and it is most associated with the whole country.
Puff pastry rolled from both ends and sliced, so the two curls sit like the whorls of an ear. French bakers call the identical shape a palmier, a palm leaf.
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).
