Identify this bread!

April 3, 2008 5:45 PM

What did I eat in Mexico? It was basically cream cheese-filled bread, does it have a name?

On a day trip to Juarez while visiting friends in El Paso, we had lunch at a restaurant (it may have been the restaurant for which you get a margarita coupon when you buy a trolley ticket from El Paso to Juarez) where one of our party remembered an appetizer she’d had on another visit. She couldn’t remember what it was called, but described it to the waiter as “little breads with cream cheese inside.” The waiter brought out a plate of, essentially, warm white dinner rolls filled with cream cheese (i.e., the cream cheese was baked in). They were surprisingly tasty, and I’d love to know what they were and how to make them. My Mexican friends had never heard of them, and googling hasn’t turned up any answers so far. Has anyone heard of anything like this?

posted by Meg_Murry to food & drink (4 comments total)

I have had them before, and I think they are just called "Cream cheese buns".

I found a recipe here that looks pretty decent:
http://auntyyochana.blogspot.com/2006/08/cream-cheese-buns.html

Redone here with some variation and better inside picture:
http://mamafami.blogspot.com/2008/04/cream-cheese-buns.html

Looks yummy and definitely doable.
posted by gemmy at 6:07 PM on April 3, 2008

Yay! Thank you!
posted by Meg_Murry at 6:08 PM on April 3, 2008

Is "cream cheese buns" the name of the pastry or is it how you describe your body after consuming said buns?

Mixing just a bit of honey with the cream cheese filling might be nice.
posted by HotPatatta at 6:18 PM on April 3, 2008

They are round, with sprinkled sesame and the cheese is Philadelphia? They serve them at restaurants, and they also sell them in some panaderías and supermarkets. They are delicious!

I think they are just called "bollos de queso".
posted by clearlydemon at 10:37 PM on April 3, 2008