Modern cuisine in Playa de las Americas is an amazing mix of gastronomic traditions from different regions of Spain, the humble heritage of the indigenous Guanches (lightly roasted goat and lamb, barley dough gofios) and the influence of overseas cultures.
The first courses of traditional Canarian cuisine are a variety of vegetable soups (watercress, zucchini, mixed vegetable). Among the fish dishes (pescados), the most characteristic is the purple and yellow vieja (vieja), which is a guban with white meat, freshly caught and then lightly boiled. The fish is served with olive oil and sauce and is widely regarded as one of the best dishes in Canarian cuisine.
Traditional meat products are marinated goat and pork. These meats are used to make many typical Canarian stews, especially puchero canario - beef stew or several kinds of meat at once.
Many dishes are served with papas arrugadas (papas arrugadas) - baked potatoes boiled in very salty water. The potatoes are boiled until the water evaporates to allow the salt crystals to settle on their skin.
Gofio cornmeal is used to make porridge and bread; it is added to stews. For many years gofio has been a staple in the daily diet of Canarians.
An interesting natural sauce in Canarian cuisine is red or green mojo. It varies in color depending on what is added to it: coriander (mojo verde) or pepper (mojo rojo), and is served in small bowls and must be served with bread. Salmorejo is a sauce for marinating meat or fish. A must-try dish for anyone who wants to get an idea of Canarian cuisine is rabbit (conejo) in salmorejo sauce.
The Canary Islands often eat paella - rice with seafood, meat or chicken, vegetables. Also from the continent came to the Canaries and tapas - a light appetizer, which is a small portion of "stuff": cheese, ham, meat and so on.
Traditional dessert - bienmesabe - sweet cream of yolk, almonds and cinnamon.
From alcohol we will recommend a strong and sweet amber wine - malvasia (produced since the beginning of the XVII century), which in recent years is gaining well-deserved, but once lost popularity. White and dark rum (ron) stand out among strong local spirits.
