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# Canary Islands food: a taste for the traditional
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## The cuisine of the Canary Islands utilises the islands' most readily
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available produce, drawing on traditions that stretch back to the Guanches as
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well as Spanish, Portuguese and North African influences.
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![Roll up: papas arrugadas][1]
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Image 1 of 2
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Roll up: papas arrugadas Photo: Alberto Paredes
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![Food: Mantecado de gofio][2]
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Food: Mantecado de gofio Photo: Nico Tondini
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5:14PM GMT 26 Jan 2010
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Wherever you go in the Canary Islands, from five-star hotel to humble boarding
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house, a small number of local dishes will invariably find their way on to the
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menu alongside the more familiar international staples. Utilising the islands'
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most readily available produce, and drawing on traditions that stretch back to
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the Guanches who inhabited the islands before the arrival of the Spanish,
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traditional Canarian cuisine is a subtle mix of Spanish, Portuguese, and North
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African influences.
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**Mojo **
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Perhaps the most typical of all Canarian dishes, mojo is served with a large
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number of local recipes, most notably papas arrugadas (see below). Coming in
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red, green or the less common orange variety, it is made from olive oil,
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garlic, paprika and cumin. Flavourings such as vinegar, lemon, orange or lime
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juice are also sometimes added. Mojo picon (the red variety) gets its colour
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and distinctive bite from the addition of peppers and chillies while mojo
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verde is mixed with coriander. The former is best served with potatoes, while
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the milder green variety is the perfect accompaniment to fish.
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**Papas Arrugadas **
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Making the most of one of the most widely available and easily grown
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vegetables on the islands, papas arrugadas (meaning 'wrinkled potatoes') are
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made by boiling the smallest available, unpeeled potatoes in salted water
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until tender and shrivelled. Originally baked in seawater, the idea is to
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evaporate the water away so that a dry salt crust forms on the skins.
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**Gofio **
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Inherited from the Guanches, gofio is a flour-like substance made from roasted
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and ground grains (usually maize or wheat) or pulses. Mixed with water or milk
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it is rolled into balls or cylinders, and was the equivalent of bread for the
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pre-Spanish inhabitants (who also prepared it from fern roots). It is a
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versatile ingredient that can be added to soups, stews, sauces and desserts.
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**Almogrote **
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Found mostly on its native island of La Gomera, almogrote is a soft paste made
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from hard cheese, peppers, olive oil and garlic, and eaten with bread.
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