What Empanada de calabaza means
Empanada de calabaza is a Mexican bread name of Spanish origin meaning "pumpkin turnover". It is built from Spanish empanada (something wrapped in bread) and de (of) and calabaza (pumpkin, squash). It is pronounced em-pah-NAH-dah deh kah-lah-BAH-sah, and it is most associated with the whole country.
Empanar literally means 'to coat in bread', so an empanada is a filling put inside dough. Calabaza also gives the Mexican brush-off dar calabazas, to turn a suitor down.
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).
