Molletes are a tasty authentic Mexico City dish that is so easy to make! This dish is simple but loaded with flavor for any time of the day!
Molletes Ingredients
For such a tasty dish Molletes ingredients are very basic. Open faced bolillo roll slathered with refried beans, shredded cheese & then baked until slightly toasted until cheese melts [you can add tomato sauce to finished product]. Served warm, this seemed more like a treat than a meal! Fresh juice made this dish complete for breakfast!
Our friend, Georgette, who is from Mexico City, tweaks her Molletes by adding a fried egg to the open faced sandwich. Genius!
I’m told that Molletes are native to Mexico City with roots from Southern Spain. Much loved by Mexicans who consider it a favorite ‘fast’ meal.
For an after Christmas celebration we were invited to join Georgette & Rafa’s family for a Sunday morning breakfast!
Georgette, Rafa & daughter, Mar Jo, are part of our interanational family who we met purely by accident on our first trip to Merida almost two years ago. The Big Guy & I were out walking exploring the different parts of Merida, when we accidentally stumbled upon an organic coffee shop called ‘Corazon de cafe’ (loosely translated as Heart of the coffee) on Calle 22nd. We met this super nice guy called Rafa, who we soon learned was very knowledgeable – probably one of the best – coffee roaster’s in Merida! Once you check & compare with other coffees you will be a patron of Corazon. I am sure you will find exactly what you want at his shop in the San Antonio neighborhood.
While visiting with Rafa on one of those first visits, Rafa told us his wife, Georgette, had taught Spanish to English speakers in Mexico City. Long story short, she said yes when he asked if she would want to teach us. That’s how our friendship began…
We have been blessed to see Mar Jo grow from high school student to entering the world of the university, from a quiet school student to an international traveler & a young adult who knows what she wants to see in this world & thinks she can be part of that change! She knows what she wants & with parents like Georgette & Rafa behind her & friends like Gabriel, I’ve no doubt that she will one day rule the worl