Lanzarote Gastronomy

Lanzarote is an island full of surprises with its gastronomy and the visitor will undoubtedly take back home a very satisfactory feeling. Its dishes are notable for their simplicity, because they are dominated by raw materials in their making, but the result is very tasty. The Canaries have received a multitude of cultural contributions that have influenced its cooking. The inhabitants of Lanzarote inherited from the Aboriginal part of their culinary habits. In addition to the Guanche inheritance we find on the island South American and Spanish culinary influence.

 Good meat, fresh fish, vegetables and virgin olive oil are part of the cuisine of Lanzarote. There are very typical and important wines and cheeses. Broths are the more typical way of consuming vegetables. Due to the richness of the Canary Islands waters there are many varieties of fish. Among the seafood recipes fish with the Sancocho should be highlighted. Among the meats pork, chicken, rabbit and goat are consumed the most. As for the pastries the bread and peanut threaded rod are very typical. We cannot forget to mention its most popular dish: Wrinkled potatoes. Served with the "Mojos" is a "must" dish in your visit to Lanzarote.

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Lanzarote Wines

Lanzarote is Vino Vivo (Living Wine), slow melody of a noble heritage that believes in its dry subtropical climate by the ingenuity of previous generations. Its people became an ally of the volcanic sands to win up to the last drop from an adverse weather, and has been forged in permanent struggle with low rainfall until decoding the secrets of the freshness the night brings. Hidden in some cases, up to ten meters deep is the old soil, the fertile mantle, in which its veterans and renewed strains root.

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Lanzarote Recipes

The gofio, a Guanche natural food source is achieved through a process of roasting different cereals (wheat, barley, rye, corn ...) and its subsequent passage through a mill. It was the food base of the ancient inhabitants of the Canary Islands, the Guanches. It is a product that does not add preservatives, and its properties highly nutritious make it increasingly precious inside and outside the archipelago. The formula is a natural gofio powder, usually used to accompany the milk or canary porridge, or for kneading in a "Pella".

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