What Puerquito means
Puerquito is a Mexican bread name of Spanish origin meaning "little pig". It is built from Spanish puerco (pig) and -ito (diminutive). It is pronounced pwer-KEE-toh, and it is most associated with the whole country.
A piloncillo gingerbread cut with a pig-shaped cutter. The three common names are simply the three common Mexican words for pig.
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).
