Torta de Tamales
The torta de tamales puts a steamed tamal inside a split bolillo: a method, not a recipe, engineered to feed a working morning for the smallest coin in the wallet.
The torta de tamales puts a steamed tamal inside a split bolillo: a method, not a recipe, engineered to feed a working morning for the smallest coin in the wallet.
Alternative name for guajolota; tamale sandwich.
Before dawn a tamalero presses a whole steamed tamal into a split bolillo for a worker who eats it walking. The guajolota is Mexico City's cheap, heavy, one-handed breakfast, gone in a few bites.