Food

Island Eating: How Local Can Your Lanzarote Diet Be?

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Is it possible to live entirely on food produced on Lanzarote? If you want to keep it local and support island businesses, here’s how to go about it.
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How to Make El Hierro Cheese Soup

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A hearty and filling peasant dish originally eaten by goatherds on the island of El Hierro, this tasty vegetarian soup adds flavour to the potatoes with smoked semicurado cheese. An egg is added for each diner.
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How To Make Escaldón de Gofio

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For Canary Day, we’ve asked the Enyesque del Archipiélago restaurant in Puerto del Carmen, for one of their classic Canarian recipes. If you fancy more, just head to the Costamar Shopping Centre opposite Los Pocillos beach.
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How To Make Tortilla Española

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The tortilla is one of the cornerstones of Spanish cooking. Although sometimes called an omelette, it is nothing like the French version- thicker, denser and served in slices like a cake. It’s one of the most popular tapas dishes, and it’s well worth learning how to get it right.
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How To Make Tortillitas de Camarones

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These delicious fritters are typical of Cádiz – an amazing city that is famous for its seafood and fried dishes. Chickpea flour (harina de garbanzos) can be found in supermarkets or in Indian stores under the name gram flour.
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How To Make Irish Wheaten

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This tasty brown loaf is Irish soul food, usually known as wheaten bread in Northern Ireland and soda bread in the Republic (the name comes from the baking powder used instead of yeast as a raising agent).
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