Malta

🇲🇹Malta

Aljotta

Fish broth built on the bones and heads of small rockfish with garlic, tomato, marjoram and rice or vermicelli, sharpened with lemon.

🇲🇹Malta

Apostles' Ring

Qagħqa tal-appostli

Large ring loaf studded with whole almonds and decorated, baked for Holy Week.

🇵🇹Portugal

Bacalhau Seco

Dried and salted cod, the backbone of Portuguese cooking.

🇲🇹Malta

Bajtra

Liqueur made from prickly pears, sweet and pink-orange, drunk cold as a digestif.

🇲🇹Malta

Baked Macaroni

Imqarrun il-forn

Macaroni baked in a beef and pork ragù bound with egg, with no pastry case, cut into slabs.

🇲🇹Malta

Baked Rice

Ross il-forn

Rice baked in a minced-meat and tomato sauce with egg, saffron and curry powder, cut into squares like its macaroni cousin.

🇲🇹Malta

Balbuljata

Eggs scrambled loosely with tomato, onion, garlic and sometimes capers and parsley, eaten with Maltese bread.

🇲🇹Malta

Beef Olives

Bragioli

Thin beef slices rolled around minced pork, bacon, egg and parsley, tied and braised in red wine and tomato.

🇲🇹Malta

Bigilla

Ġulbiena beans mashed with garlic, parsley, olive oil and chilli into a rough, khaki-coloured dip.

🇲🇹Malta

Biskuttini Tal Lewz

Biskuttini tal-lewż

Biskuttini tal-lewż are crisp Maltese almond biscuits, commonly served with tea.

🇲🇹Malta

Bones of the Dead

Għadam tal-mejtin

Bone-shaped pastries with an almond and citrus filling under a hard white icing, made for All Souls in early November.

🇲🇹Malta

Bread Pudding

Pudina tal-ħobż

Stale Maltese bread soaked in milk and cocoa with dried fruit, candied peel, nuts and spice, then baked into a dense, dark slab.

🇲🇹Malta

Broad Beans with Garlic

Ful bit-tewm

Fresh broad beans boiled and dressed while warm with olive oil, lemon, garlic and mint.

🇲🇹Malta

Carob Sweets

Karamelli tal-ħarrub

Hard boiled sweets made from carob syrup, traditionally sucked during Lent when other sweets were given up.

🇲🇹Malta

Cisk

Pale lager brewed in Malta since 1929, the default beer in every bar and at every village feast.

🇲🇹Malta

Figolla

Two shaped biscuit layers sandwiching a marzipan-like almond filling, iced and decorated, given at Easter.

🇲🇹Gozo, Malta

Gozitan Ftira

Ftira Għawdxija

Flat sourdough base topped or filled with sliced potato, ġbejniet, tomato, onion, olives and anchovy, then baked.

🇲🇹Gozo, Malta

Gozo Sea Salt

Melħ tal-baħar

Sea salt hand-raked from shallow rock-cut pans on Gozo's northern coast that have been worked since Roman times.

🇲🇹Gozo, Malta

Gozo/Għawdex DOK Wine

Inbid DOK Għawdex

Gozo/Għawdex DOK Wine is the protected wine identity for registered wines made on Gozo.

🇲🇹Malta

Imbuljuta Tal Qastan

Imbuljuta tal-qastan

Imbuljuta tal-qastan is a hot Maltese Christmas drink or sweet soup of chestnuts, cocoa, citrus peel, and spices.

🇲🇹Malta

Imqaret

Diamonds of pastry filled with a spiced date paste and deep-fried, sold hot from carts and kiosks.

🇬🇷Greece

Kalamarakia Tiganita

Καλαμαράκια τηγανητά

Greek fried calamari: squid rings dredged in flour and fried until golden, served with lemon. A meze and taverna classic, crispy and tender, a seafood staple, served with tzatziki.

🇲🇹Malta

Kawlata

Thick winter soup of cabbage, pork, sausage, beans and root vegetables cooked long enough for the pork to fall apart.

🇲🇹Malta

Kinnie

Bittersweet amber soft drink made from bitter oranges and wormwood, first bottled in Malta in 1952.

🇲🇹Malta

Kusksu

Broad beans and small pearl pasta simmered with onion and tomato, finished with a ġbejna and sometimes an egg.

🇲🇹Malta

Kwareżimal

Lenten biscuit of almonds, citrus zest and spice with no fat or egg, baked chewy and topped with honey and chopped almond.

🇲🇹Malta

Lampuki Pie

Torta tal-lampuki

Fillets of dorado baked in a pastry case with cauliflower, spinach, olives, capers, sultanas and walnuts.

🇲🇹Malta

Malta DOK Wine

Inbid DOK Malta

Malta DOK Wine covers protected Maltese wines made in registered styles including still, sparkling, liqueur, passito, and imqadded wines.

🇲🇹Malta

Maltese Braised Horse Meat

Laħam taż-żiemel

Horse meat braised slowly in red wine, bay and tomato until it goes dark and tender, served with chips.

🇲🇹Malta

Maltese Bread

Ħobż tal-Malti

Round sourdough loaf with a thick, dark, blistered crust and an open, chewy crumb, baked in wood-fired ovens.

🇲🇹Malta

Maltese Capers

Kappar

Caper buds picked from plants growing out of walls and cliffs, salted or pickled in vinegar.

🇲🇹Malta

Maltese Islands IĠT Wine

Inbid IĠT Gżejjer Maltin

Maltese Islands IĠT Wine is a protected geographical wine identity covering registered wines from the Maltese Islands.

🇲🇹Malta

Maltese Savory Ricotta Pie

Torta tal-irkotta

Torta tal-irkotta is a Maltese savoury ricotta pie in pastry, filled with ricotta, beaten egg, parsley or herbs, and often peas or broad beans.

🇲🇹Malta

Maltese Snails

Bebbux

Land snails purged, boiled and stewed with garlic, mint, tomato and wine, eaten with a pin from the shell.

🇲🇹Malta

Maltese Water Crackers

Galletti

Thin round water biscuits, hard and salted, eaten with bigilla, ġbejniet and tomato.

🇲🇹Malta

Minestra

Dense Maltese vegetable soup of pumpkin, marrow, cauliflower, beans and pasta, cooked until nearly a purée.