A chilled white soup of blitzed almonds, garlic, bread and olive oil, sharpened with vinegar and traditionally served with muscatel grapes, older and paler than gazpacho.
Ajoblanco predates the tomato in Andalusia, a Moorish-rooted cold soup built on the almonds and garlic that thrive across Málaga province. Before Columbus brought tomatoes and peppers, this pale emulsion of almonds, bread, garlic and oil was the summer soup of the poor. Málaga serves it with sweet muscatel grapes, a pairing that plays the soup's savoury garlic against cool fruit. It appears everywhere from village kitchens to Michelin tables in the modern city.
3 editor picks for Ajoblanco in Málaga, ranked by editorial score. All Málaga signature dishes · Ajoblanco across every city.
La Cosmo ★ 4.5
centro-historico · Calle Císter 11, 29015 Málaga
La Cosmo is Dani Carnero's Bib Gourmand tapas restaurant behind Málaga cathedral, an open kitchen sending out his mother's hake salad and coastal plates.
El Pimpi ★ 4.3
centro-historico · Calle Granada 62, 29015 Málaga
El Pimpi has poured sweet Málaga wine since 1971, a rambling bodega on Calle Granada with a terrace facing the Roman Theatre and plates of ensaladilla.
Casa Lola ★ 4.1
centro-historico · Calle Granada 46, 29015 Málaga
Casa Lola is a bustling tiled taberna on Málaga's Calle Granada, pouring vermouth on tap alongside croquetas, ajoblanco malagueño and shared montaditos.