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

| creator =

| course =

| type = Bread

| served =

| main_ingredient = Yuca, corn or potatoes

| variations =

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}}

A bollo is a bun, popular 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.{{cite web|url=http://recetascocinacolombiana.blogspot.com/2009/08/bollo-de-mazorca.html|title=Bollo de mazorca - Recetas Cocina Colombiana|work=recetascocinacolombiana.blogspot.com|date=17 August 2009 }} This preparation is similar to the humita of the Andes, the hallaquita of Venezuela and the pamonha of Brazil.{{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 }}{{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 with cheese.{{Cn|date=March 2025}}

Panamanian bollo has been described as a type of tamale.{{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}}{{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}}

File:Bollo Maimón-Salamanca.JPG|Bollo Maimón-Salamanca

File:Bollo limpio.jpg|Bollo

File:Bollos (Requena).jpg|Bollos Requena

File:Bollo de mazorca.jpg|Bollo of Mazorca

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