La Palma bananas — Canarian bananas

<p>Plátano de Canarias: DOP status, smaller, sweeter, more intense flavor than Cavendish. Black spots when ripe = sign of quality. Only place in Europe bananas grown commercially. La Palma has largest banana area after Tenerife. Finca Platanológico in Los Sauces: plantation tour. Buy fresh at any frutería — fraction of UK superm prices. Taste: creamier, more aromatic.</p>