GASTRONOMY
This wonderful island has some completely autochthonous dishes such as Majoreros Peas, Muddy Liver, Viejas Jareas, Pejines dried in the sun and baked or grilled, stewed goat meat and other delicious preparations unique to Fuerteventura.

CHEESE MAJORERO
Majorero cheese has been protected by the Denomination of Origin since 1999 (it was the first in the Canary Islands to obtain it). The arid island of Fuerteventura is the framework in which the goats that produce the raw material with which this ancestral cheese is made graze.
With a strong flavor, it is a food deeply rooted on the island and is produced in the municipalities of Antigua, Betancuria, La Oliva, Pájara, Puerto del Rosario and Tuineje.

In most restaurants the excellent Majorero cheese made with both raw and pasteurized goat's milk is cooked, whose varieties are fresh, semi-cured and cured. The first is usually grilled or battered and, in many cases seasoned with palm honey, it is usually eaten as an aperitif or even as a dessert. With the curing, almogrote is made, a pasta with cheese, olive oil and a little chilli or pepper, which is taken with toast.

WINE
The "majorero" has a long tradition in cultivating wine. However, 600 years later we do not have wineries that handle their own bottling and capping.
One of the wine producers is the famous Don Francisco Tacaronte Brito and his family from a small town near the natural monument and museum of the town of ancient crafts in Tefia.

PAPA-WRINKLE
The wrinkled potatoes are wrinkled potatoes, the cultivation of potatoes is very typical in the Canary Islands, and therefore a star dish of the Majorera gastronomy are these potatoes cooked with a lot of salt and until the skin wrinkles, hence their name. It is another of the dishes that you will find in any typical restaurant on the island and that is accompanied with mojo and in countless dishes.

MOJO
Mojo sauce is a mixture of olive oil, parsley, dried peppers, and lots of garlic. If it is too strong for you, then take a tablespoon of its oil and spread it on the bread. There are two types of mojo, green and red, the second normally stronger and spicier. As in all salsa, you will not find a mojo the same from one restaurant to another, but you will have the opportunity to try them since it is usually offered in all the restaurants on the island to whet your appetite. Main ingredients are: garlic, pepper, paprika, salt, olive oil.

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GOAT MEAT
If you have already taken a tour of the less inhabited areas of the island, you will have already come across the famous majorera goats that brighten up these special landscapes. Clearly the goat has been an essential animal in Fuerteventura. From the goat milk, meat and cheese are obtained. Its meat is one of the most typical dishes of Fuerteventura. There are different ways to prepare them and as in any good kitchen, each teacher has his own booklet. If you are a good eater, be sure to try a majorero stew, a very tasty stew made from goat meat and vegetables. It is also prepared stewed, fried ...

LAPAS
Shellfish is very common in Fuerteventura and therefore the limpets, gastropod mollusks that are embedded in the rocks, are a main dish of the island. Only in certain seasons do restaurants that have products from the area offer us this delicious product. In the kitchen they are used in various dishes. The most common way is grilled with a little mojo picón. To lick your fingers.

GOFIO
The aborigines of Fuerteventuran left us this precious legacy that in difficult times became the most important food of this arid island. It is wheat flour or toasted millet. It can be eaten with milk, with fish broth or simply kneaded. It is very nutritive.

There are several products manufactured in the Canary Islands that are having worldwide success due to their high quality in their manufacture, but you will be surprised to know that the best vodka in the world is manufactured in these islands. It has been proven that the purest vodka in the world is manufactured in the Canary Islands and has an international recognition that makes it unique. If you want to know more about this amazing product, I invite you to visit a post that we write specifically for this in our bog.