What Birote means
Birote is a Mexican bread name of Spanish origin meaning "Pirotte's bread". It comes from Spanish birote (probably from the surname Pirotte). It is pronounced bee-ROH-teh, and it is most associated with Jalisco.
The usual account credits a Belgian baker, Camille Pirotte, who stayed in Guadalajara after the French intervention of the 1860s, with Pirotte drifting into birote. The derivation is traditional rather than documented, so treat it as likely, not proven.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Mexican pan dulce is named by shape, and the names are pure visual poetry: concha (shell), oreja (ear), cuernito (little horn), ojo de buey (ox eye), corbata (necktie), puerquito (little pig), bigote (moustache).
