A shell-shaped pastry, typically sweet, that's popular in Latin American and Spanish baking.
From Spanish 'concha' meaning 'shell,' referring to the pastry's distinctive seashell shape. The word entered English through Mexican and Spanish culinary traditions.
These pastries are decorated with stripes using a comb tool, and the pattern is so iconic that 'concha' has become a symbol of pan dulce culture—some bakeries compete on whose concha stripes are most beautiful.
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