Torremolinos kicks off the regional fairs of Sabor a Málaga

"Sabor a Málaga," the brand of the Provincial Council for the promotion of the agri-food sector in the province, starts its calendar of regional fairs this Thursday in Torremolinos for the season. Until Sunday, March 1st, 36 producers from all the regions will showcase to visitors the qualities and characteristics of the products made in the municipalities of the province. The President of the Provincial Council of Málaga, Francisco Salado, and the Mayor of Torremolinos, Margarita del Cid, visited the fair, which offers more than 300 products and has scheduled about twenty activities over the four days. It will be open to the public from 11 AM to 10 PM, except on Sunday, when it will close at 9 PM. Francisco Salado emphasized that from the Provincial Council and Sabor a Málaga "there is a firm commitment to boost the agri-food sector of the province, especially the small producers, because they play an essential role in our food and our health." In this regard, he pointed out that the regional fairs help, for example, to promote and encourage the consumption of local and healthy products. Additionally, he added that Sabor a Málaga promotes alliances to support the development and national and international expansion of local producers, which contributes to generating more wealth and employment in the towns. The fair will feature live culinary demonstrations, workshops, and tastings, and this time several local chefs will cook and present various and genuine gastronomic proposals. In the exhibition area, there will be about thirty producers from Alhaurín el Grande, Antequera, Archidona, Ardales, Arriate, Campillos, Cártama, Coín, Colmenar, Cútar, El Burgo, Málaga, Mollina, Rincón de la Victoria, Riogordo, Sierra de Yeguas, Vélez-Málaga, Villanueva de la Concepción, and Yunquera. They will offer to the public extra virgin olive oils, wines with DOP Málaga and Sierras de Málaga, goat cheeses, sausages, honeys, essential oils, tropical fruits, jams and vegetable preserves, as well as artisan croquettes, nuts, table olives, and pickles, coffees, craft beers, spirits, sweets, and breads, among others. Francisco Salado highlighted that the Sabor a Málaga fair thus consolidates itself again as a showcase of local products and gastronomic talent of the province, combining economic promotion, culinary dissemination, and cultural leisure in the same environment. This is the first agri-food and gastronomic event of the season, which will be followed by seven more regional fairs in the towns of Vélez-Málaga, Benalmádena, Torrox, Nerja, Ronda, Rincón de la Victoria, and Mijas. For her part, Margarita del Cid thanked the Provincial Council for its trust in Torremolinos to host once more the first Sabor a Málaga fair of the season around the dates of the Andalusia Day holiday, during which the number of visitors from other municipalities of Málaga and the region usually increases, and who "will be able to enjoy both the excellence of the products of our province and numerous activities." During the morning of this Thursday, there were activities such as 'Roman gastronomy' and 'Egyptian moon, roots of Al-Andalus'. Later, the protagonists were traditional pastries, with a display dedicated to sweets like locas, palmeras, pestiños, and puff pastries, and sausages, with a workshop on their varieties and culinary uses. And the day will conclude with a musical performance by Natalia Moralo. For Friday, culinary demonstrations and tastings are planned. The public can attend the 'showcooking' of 'El Rincón de Nacho' (at 12:00 PM), followed by a tasting of local wines with pairing workshops guided by specialists. The program will also include the preparation of toasts made with village bread and ingredients from the province, as well as an activity dedicated to Malaga honeys. The day will feature a musical performance by the group Repicando. During the day on Saturday, February 28th, workshops such as 'Pickles and vermouth', and the 'showcooking' of chef Mariano Serrano will take place. And, in the afternoon, there will be a tasting of Malaga cheeses and the tasting of local pastries, enlivening the afternoon the group Callejón. Lastly, on Sunday, the fair will focus on the youngest attendees. A 'cookies' workshop will be held in addition to other educational activities about extra virgin olive oil and cooking sessions for young chefs. In the afternoon, there will be a workshop dedicated to artisan breads from the province, and the musical entertainment will be provided by Carlos Bravo. The producers participating this time are: Aceites de Ardales, Aceites Gil Luna, Finca La Torre, Finca La Tortaíta, Bodega Cortijo La Fuente, Embrujo del Sur, Excelencia, Quesería Artesanal Los Barrancos, El Arquillo, Cabraline, El Pastor del Torcal, La Laja, Santa María del Cerro, El Pastor del Valle, Quesos La Arriateña and Embutidos Melgar, Embutidos Fernández, Embutidos La Abuela Loli, Ibéricos Hermanos López, Ibéricos Yunquera, Croquetas Lujo del Paladar, and Patatas Millán. Also participating are Aceitunas y Encurtidos Almario, Aguacates Dehesa Alta, Panadería Confitería Cristo Rey, Good Pastelería, Dulces María Conejo, Las Delicias de Mi Noe, Obrador Tejeros, Celiali Gluten Free, Panadería y Pastelería Ortipan, Naturdís, Miel y Polen La Fraguara, Turbojam Jams, dulce de leche La Gran Abuela, Cafés Mokasol, Cerveza Artesanal Rondeña, and the spirits of La Tradición de Arriate. On the other hand, the president of the Provincial Council today awarded the Sabor a Málaga plaque to the Meliá Costa del Sol hotel, as well as to its beach bar The Beach, which, located on the Torremolinos seafront, have been committed for years to kilometer zero products. Indeed, in the hotel's dining room, there is a space called 'El Rincón malagueño', where various local products are present for breakfasts, such as extra virgin olive oils, goat cheeses, sausages, zurrapas, breads and molletes, pastries like locas and puff pastries, bee honey, sugarcane juice, Aloreña table olives, and garden products, which have the blue seal of Sabor a Málaga and are purchased from small producers in the province. Similarly, the beach restaurant The Beach, open since 2021, also showcases very local gastronomy on its menu, with fish from our coast, subtropical fruits - like avocado or mango - or salads that predominantly feature products from the Malaga garden.