As I promised a few weeks back I am going to tell you about gofio. Every place has a staple which they eat to fill them up. In the UK it was potatoes in India it is Rice and in the Canary Isles it is Gofio.
Gofio was the the basic food of the Guanches ( the original Canarian population) It is made from a mixture of cereals including wheat barley and maize which are roasted and then ground to make flour. It is dark in colour nearly the colour of acorns. It can be used to make sweet and savoury products including Ice Cream. Ask me where this can be found as I have encountered a great Ice Cream shop in Los Cristianos. Most often it is mixed with milk as a breakfast cereal or with stock as an accompaniment to several Canarian stews.
My favourite way to eat it is a way I was taught by friends mixed with honey, chopped almonds and white cheese. These are all chopped up and mixed together and kneaded until they make a sold mass. It is the rolled into a sausage shape and cut in slices to eat.
A recipe for gofio with stews is Escaldon:
Preparation time:
15 minutes.
Number of portions: 4/5
Ingredients:
1 litre de stock
gofio
parsley
salt
Method:
Heat the stock and when it is boiling remove it from the heat, add the chopped parsley and the gofio and stir until it is thick adding more gofio until the required consistency is achieved. It should be thick but still wet enough to move this can then be eaten with a spoon or added straight to your stew.
Stews it can be served with include fish Cazuela and Puchero.
Lastly I wanted to say thanks to the family who left me the comment on slide.com. It is always great to get comments and we look forward to seeing you in July.
Have a great day. It is cloudy today here but still warm
Take care.
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