TRADITIONAL CUISINE IN COSTA ADEJE/Tenerife

You can?t visit Costa Adeje in Tenerife without knowing the areas specialties.

The traditional food is based on local produce from the Canary Islands; it?s made up of ?papas arrugadas con mojo?, ?gofio?, fish, rabbit and ?salmorejo?.

Discover the culinary delights that Costa Adeje in Tenerife has to offer.


Costa Adeje?s cuisine is characterized by its simplicity and its fresh ingredients.

Tenerife?s cuisine has come into contact with people from the Atlantic as well as the Mediterranean who all stopped on the island. The mix of flavours from the sea and the land has provided us with some very simple but tasty traditional dishes.

And to wash the food down, nothing better than a local wine, its uniqueness is no doubt due to the volcanic earth that the vines grow in.


Pork stew or fried rabbit ?al salmorejo? are specialties in the region. These dishes are both made with the two most popular meats in the area. They are used to give more flavour to the main ingredients.

Costa Adeje?s cuisine is a part of its culture. It holds a great interest and can surprise those who decide to be adventurous while on holiday and not just visit the restaurants that offer international cuisine.

Canarian cuisine is very simple, but it is also very wise and rich in flavour.

?Gofio canario? is made from different grains that once toasted and ground make a very complete yet fine textured meal.
?Gofio? was a staple of the guanches? diet in pre-Spanish time. The guanches would use stone molls to grind it. Now a day, gofio is used as a side dish in many different dishes, but also, surprisingly in new creations of desserts and ice creams.

The word ?mojo? is probably Portuguese in origin and is the name given to a typical canarian sauce. Not all sauces are called mojos, only the sauces that are traditional in the islands. So Mayonnaise for example is not called ?mojo mayonnaise?.