Fifth Edition of the Orange fair in Telde.

The youth House welcomes this Saturday, 12 of December, the fifth edition of the Orange fair.

The event promoted the citrus of the municipality and the products made from this fruit in a festive and fun atmosphere.

Councillor for agriculture, Livestock and fisheries of Telde, Marta Hernandez, He presented the programme of the V fair of Orange accompanied by Vanesa Santana, Trabel Advisor, Benito Benitez, President of the Association of cooks Mojo Picón, and Daniel Brito, representative of V9 cooperative.

Hernandez said this year they will participate 11 producers of oranges from the municipality which will be distributed in eight stands. In total, will be sold between 2.500 and 3.000 from the low area and Midlands kilos.

In addition, the fair includes other posts where you may taste and purchase products made with orange as bread, cookies, ice cream or sweet, and another from sipping Telde, that there will be oil, wine, gofio, cheese and honey.

On the other hand, the Association of cooks "Mojo Picón" has prepared five recipes to taste: Orange and papaya gazpacho, Goat cheese with honey, Gofio lollipops, honey, almond and rum, Skewer of pork and orange in tempura and orange with honey pancakes.

East year the Orange fair, held from 10.00 to 15.00 hours, It includes the celebration of various actions of revitalization as the agricultural representation in maquette with Playmobil and workshops for children with Saltapericos by the Tyldet Cultural Association (of 10.00 to 14.00 hours), musical performances by the monitors of the school of folklore in Telde (of 11.00 to 12.00 hours) and Soront (of 13.00 to 13.30 hours), and a Masterful cooking workshop conducted by the Association of professional Mojo Picón sauce (of 12.00 to 13.00 hours). At last, to the 13.30 hours, will be the award ceremony of the V tasting the orange of Telde.

Hernandez said that this initiative, with the collaboration of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, through the Ministry of the primary Sector and food sovereignty, It allows you to continue helping "enhance and make visible the primary sector, "in this case and, more specifically to the cultivation of the orange" aware of the difficulties and setback that farmers must overcome every day. The fruit will be identified with a label that supplied the city of Telde and is symbol of origin and quality.