Gofio

Gofio is a grain dish, and the oldest traditional foods of the Canary Islands.

Originally gofio was prepared from roasted barley. Today he is a mostly made ​​from roasted grains of corn, other grains, and even legumes and plant seeds produced flour. It is cold or warm but mostly processed with water with olive oil to a pulp, pastes, dumplings or loaves. Also, cream cheese, bananas, honey, raisins or grated nuts are kneaded with.

The dough is eaten in many ways. From a solid loaf of a piece is often broken and drunk with a glass of wine. Often Gofio is also used to thicken sauces or fish soup. A traditional way to eat is the Gofio mixing the flour with goat's milk. He is also eaten with halved or quartered onion slices, which serve as a tray for the mixed with olive oil and water slurry.

The kitchen technical origin is probably similar to couscous, polenta and famous Tampa to understand.

• Supplement
• Pasta
• Spanish Cuisine
• Culture (Canary Islands)