Canary Island Potatoes (Papas Arrugadas)

This unique preparation of potatoes from the Canary Islands originally involved cooking potatoes in seawater, giving them a light crystalline jacket of salt - served with a spicy 'mojo picón' sauce.

‘Papas arrugadas’ is a unique potato dish from the Canary Islands. Meaning ‘wrinkled potatoes’, the original method involved cooking potatoes in seawater, dehydrating them and causing them to wrinkle…