Traditional food & drink in Canarias
Canarias has 6 regional specialities worth seeking out in its heritage towns. Many carry a DOP or IGP protected-origin mark, which ties the product to a defined area and production method.
- Papas arrugadas con mojo
- Small potatoes boiled in heavily salted water until the skins wrinkle and crust white, served with mojo.
- Mojo
- The islands' table sauce, in two forms: red mojo picón with chilli and paprika, green mojo verde with coriander.
- Gofio
- Toasted maize or wheat flour eaten since before the conquest — stirred into stews, milk or fish broth.
- Queso Palmero
- Smoked goat's cheese from La Palma, cured over almond shells and prickly pear wood.
- Vinos de Lanzarote
- Malvasía grown in volcanic ash pits ringed by low stone walls against the trade winds — a landscape as strange as the wine.
- Plátano de Canarias
- The islands' short, sweet, freckled banana, grown on terraces since the 15th century.
Where to try it
14 heritage towns across Canarias: