A ''mollete'' () is a type of bread in

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, or an

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with beans and cheese in Mexican cuisine.

In Spanish cuisine

A is a flatbread from the Andalusian region, in southern

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. 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

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. The most famous are the ones from Antequera, Málaga.

In Mexican cuisine

A , native to Mexico City, is made with sliced lengthwise and partially hollowed, filled with

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, and topped with cheese and slices of jalapeño or serrano peppers. It is then

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in an oven until the cheese melts. The refried beans are "" (literally, "butter beans") known outside of the region as "pinto beans". The traditional cheeses used are queso ranchero, , or queso menonita. The queso ranchero is most similar to Parmesan with less aging, the asadero is a creamy provolone, and the menonita most closely resembles

Havarti Havarti () or cream havarti ( da, flødehavarti) is a semisoft Danish cow's milk cheese. It can be sliced, grilled, or melted. History Havarti was previously called "Danish Tilsiter" after the German cheese type tilsiter. Danish productio ...

. in southern Mexico can be served with

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or or topped with sliced

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, chorizo, bacon or

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s. There is also a "sweet type" , made of a buttered sprinkled with sugar or honey and

broiled Grilling is a form of cooking that involves dry heat applied to the surface of food, commonly from above, below or from the side. Grilling usually involves a significant amount of direct, radiant heat, and tends to be used for cooking meat a ...

until crisp.

Molletes as a breakfast

Molletes can also be eaten as a simple, inexpensive and adequate breakfast.

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In Spanish cuisine

In Mexican cuisine

Molletes as a breakfast

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