Food

Cod in Salsa Vizcaína

This is one of those dishes that is somehow hearty, yet light and healthy at the same time. A classic from the Basque region, the mouth-watering brick-red sauce can be used to accompany fish and meat and is also perfect for vegetarian and vegan dishes. Here’s how to make it at home.

How to grow vegetables on Lanzarote

Vegetables grow easily on Lanzarote, but they’ll need some tender loving care before you chop them up and eat them.

How to make Garbanzada

Garbanzada is a Canarian classic – a hearty chickpea stew that is perfect for the colder months of the year. It’s so hearty and filling that it’s often served as a tapa or a starter.

Ordering breakfast on Lanzarote

Breakfast is, for many, the most important meal of the day, and here on Lanzarote there are so many delicious and tantalizing way to charge your batteries for the glorious day ahead.

Four dishes made with Lanzarote ingredients

It’s possible to get complicated and perfectly-prepared dishes on Lanzarote, but that’s not what the island is famous for. The best things are done simply, and rely on a few key elements. Here are some of Lanzarote’s simplest ingredients and a few simple but stunning recipes to go with them.

The history of Canarian cuisine

Canarian cuisine is the best-kept secret in Europe – a mix of ancient and modern, a bubbling stew of influences from near and far, and a daily pleasure for everyone on the islands.

Lanzarote’s Wine Culture

Lanzarote is a wine culture, and that means so much more than what you choose to wash your dinner down with. Here’s how the vine has defined the island.

Top 3 Canarian Ingredients

The Canary Islands lie between three continents that have shaped their cuisine – African goats have provided milk and meat since prehistory and the discover of the New World brought potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and more. Nevertheless, there are still some local ingredients that you could travel the world for a lifetime and never find an improvement on. Here are just three of them.

How to make Gofio Escaldado

Gofio is the toasted, milled cereal that is sold in every local supermarket, and whose taste every Canarian knows from the moment their mother mixes a little into the baby’s milk. Here’s a simple, tasty Canarian gofio side dish that accompanies most celebratory meals.

Top 10 Lanzarote products

Living on local produce has been a strong trend in food for years, giving rise to “locavores” and the Km 0 movement. Here’s our list of the top 10 Lanzarote products and a menu for the day made entirely from local produce.