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Potato of Galicia

Coristanco, Bergantiños, A Coruña

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Potato of Galicia

Food and drink · Coristanco, Bergantiños, A Coruña

Potato protected by the protected geographical indication Pataca de Galicia, a Kennebec variety with yellow skin, white flesh and firm texture that keeps its aroma and flavour after cooking. The Bergantiños subzone, with Coristanco as one of its producing centres, is one of the four covered by this designation, along with Terra Chá-A Mariña, Lemos and A Limia, over a cultivated area of between 1,500 and 1,800 hectares. It is the only potato protected by a designation of this kind in the whole of the European Union. On the third Sunday of September, Coristanco holds the festival of the pataca.

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