Suflí opens its larder: a tasting and a fritá master class at its 6th food fair on 22 November
Suflí holds its 6th Feria Gastronómica (food fair) on Sunday 22 November, with a tasting of local produce, a fritá master class and live music.
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In Suflí, fritá preserves have been made at home “forever”. That is what the village’s oldest residents say, according to Turismo Almanzora, and that traditional flavour takes centre stage again this month: on Sunday 22 November, the Nave Polivalente (multi-purpose hall) hosts the 6th Feria Gastronómica de Suflí y su Comarca (Food Fair of Suflí and its District), organised by Suflí Town Council.
The event starts at 12:00 with a tasting at which, according to the poster, there will be no shortage of Suflí fritá, cheese, wine, bread, cured meats, mantecados (shortbread), turrones (nougat) and beers. At 13:00, it is time to learn: a Suflí fritá master class, which was not on the programme of the previous edition.
Programme
- 12:00. Opening and tasting of products from Suflí and the district.
- 13:00. Suflí fritá master class.
- Live music with the band El Límite and a DJ.
- Children’s entertainment for the little ones.
- Where: at the Nave Polivalente. According to the Turismo Almanzora listing, the fair is free and goes on until 20:00.
From the larder to the tin
Turismo Almanzora explains that fritá can be eaten just as it comes in the tin: all you need to do is add oil to have “ensalá asá” (roasted salad). That home-made tradition gave rise in 1985 to DeSuflí, the artisan canning company that last month took the village’s name to SIAL Paris with Sabores Almería, Almería Provincial Council’s brand. It is not the only one: the tourism portal also lists Conservas de Suflí, another family business making artisan vegetable preserves.
Suflí now has 224 residents, according to the padrón (municipal register) figures from the INE, Spain’s National Statistics Institute, as of 1 January 2025, and at its historical peak it had more than 800, Turismo Almanzora points out. For a village like this, a fair is much more than a day of good food: it is a way of filling its streets with visitors from all over the district and of showcasing what is made here.
The last edition, the fifth, was held on 23 November 2025 in the same hall and also with El Límite on stage, according to the event listing.
From elValle Actualidad, we’re giving you plenty of notice: on 22 November, you have to go to Suflí hungry.
