gordita

plural gorditas

1. A thick tortilla as made in Mexico, frequently stuffed and made of corn flour.

   The term gordita means “little fat tortilla” and all gorditas are made from masa, but what you are served when you order a gordita will vary depending on where you are in Mexico.

   2012, Marilyn Tausend, La Cocina Mexicana: Many Cultures, One Cuisine, →ISBN, page 68

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   Another element in this argument is how a "real" gordita is fixed. Is a gordita the tortilla itself, or is that just a shell, requiring toppings to make it a gordita? […] On the other hand, Taco Bell's gordita is a piece of wheat flatbread folded like a taco and stuffed, which bears little resemblance to the "real" thing, which would warrant its classification as appropriation, not a variation.

   2004, Mark Busby, The Southwest, →ISBN, page 253

   They’re then ground into a homogeneous dough that holds whatever shape you choose to give it: thin circles for tortillas, thicker ones for gorditas and sopes, plump ovals for huaraches and triangles for black-bean stuffed tetelas.

   2023 July 7, Rick A. Martínez, “For the Best Tortillas (and Gorditas and Tetelas), You Need Fresh Masa”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2023