{"id":13549,"date":"2018-11-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/degustasantacruz.com\/potatoes-and-sweet-potatoes-from-anaga-essential-products-of-our-gastronomy\/"},"modified":"2018-11-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T23:00:00","slug":"potatoes-and-sweet-potatoes-from-anaga-essential-products-of-our-gastronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/degustasantacruz.com\/en\/potatoes-and-sweet-potatoes-from-anaga-essential-products-of-our-gastronomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Potatoes and sweet potatoes from Anaga, essential products of our gastronomy."},"content":{"rendered":"

We continue discovering the products of the <\/span>
\n Anaga Rural Park<\/span>
\n<\/a>. The <\/span>potatoes and sweet potatoes from Anaga<\/span><\/i> are our protagonists today. Because this natural environment of the municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in addition to offering unprecedented beauty in its purest state on the island, offers authentic gastronomic treasures. <\/span>Both the <\/span>
\n potatoes and sweet potatoes of Anaga<\/span>
\n<\/i> are traditional ingredients in the island’s recipe book. But, let’s start by pointing out a small curiosity about these two products: we tend to think that both the potato and the sweet potato are first cousins. But, no. <\/span>Not only are they different species, but they also do not belong to the same family. <\/b><\/p>\n

A curiosity: potatoes and sweet potatoes are different species and belong to different botanical <\/span>and belong to different botanical families. <\/span> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The potato (solanum tuberosum) belongs to the Solanaceae family and is cultivated for its edible tuber (modified subway stem), while the sweet potato (ipmomoea batatas) belongs to the convolvulaceae family and is cultivated for its tuberous root.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The potato of Anaga, delicious catalog with different varieties<\/b><\/h3>\n

The potato has been found in Tenerife for more than 400 years, coming from America and since the land of this island is ideal for its cultivation, it soon became one of the basic foods of the population and also one of the most appreciated ingredients.<\/span><\/p>\n

For centuries, Canarian farmers have preserved a group of ancient varieties of great heritage value.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a catalog compiled by <\/span>
\n PELLAGOFIO<\/span>
\n<\/a>, <\/span>
\n magazine to know and savor the rural and natural world of the Canary Islands.<\/span>
\n<\/i>The “Anaga potato varieties”, sponsored by the Instituto Canario de Calidad Agroalimentaria (ICCA) and with the collaboration of the Centro de Conservaci\u00f3n de la Biodiversidad Agr\u00edcola de Tenerife (CCBAT), the Centro de Agrodiversidad de La Palma (CAP) and the researchers Ricardo Lorenzo, Domingo R\u00edos and Jaime Gil, are highlighted:<\/span><\/p>\n