Mollete Mollete A mollete () refers to an open-faced sandwich in Mexican cuisine or to a type of bread in Spanish cuisine. A "mollete" is a flatbread from the Andalusian region, in southern Spain. It is a soft round white bread, usually served lightly toasted with olive oil and raw garlic or spread with lard (usually in the forms of "manteca colorá" or "") in an Andalusian breakfast. The most famous are the ones from Antequera, Málaga. A "mollete", native to northern Mexico, is made with "bolillos" sliced lengthwise and partially hollowed, filled with "frijoles refritos", and topped with cheese and
Tex-Mex ). The word "Tex-Mex" first entered the English language as a nickname for the Texas Mexican Railway, chartered in southern Texas in 1875. In train schedules published in the newspapers of the 19th century the names of railroads were abbreviated. The Missouri Pacific was called the Mo. Pac. and the Texas-Mexican was abbreviated Tex. Mex. In the 1920s, the hyphenated form was used in American newspapers in reference to the railroad and to describe Texans of Mexican ancestry. In the mission era, Spanish and Mexican cuisines were combined in Texas as in other parts of the northern frontier of New