Malta

🇲🇹Malta

Octopus Stew

Stuffat tal-qarnit

Octopus stewed slowly with red wine, tomato, olives, capers and potato until the tentacles are tender.

🇲🇹Malta

Ottijiet

Ring-shaped biscuits flavoured with orange, aniseed and sesame, hard enough to keep for weeks.

🇲🇹Malta

Pasta Omelette

Froġa tat-tarja

Leftover thin pasta bound with beaten egg and cheese and fried into a flat cake, cut into wedges.

🇲🇹Gibraltar, Malta

Pastizz

Diamond or oval parcels of very flaky lard pastry filled with ricotta or a mushy pea paste, baked until the layers separate.

🇲🇹Malta

Prinjolata

Dome of sponge, almonds, butter cream and pine nuts covered in white icing and drizzled with chocolate, built for Carnival.

🇲🇹Malta

Qassatat

Round shortcrust parcels gathered at the top and filled with ricotta, peas, spinach and anchovy, or tuna.

🇲🇹Malta

Qubbajt

Qubbajt is Maltese nougat made by cooking sugar or honey with nuts into a firm or chewy confection.

🇲🇹Malta

Rabbit Stew

Stuffat tal-fenek

Rabbit jointed and marinated overnight in red wine and bay, then browned and stewed slowly with garlic, tomato and peas.

🇲🇹Malta

Ravjul

Ravjul are Maltese ravioli filled with fresh ricotta or ġbejna and herbs, served with a tomato-based sauce.

🇲🇹Malta

Sfineġ

Fritters of yeasted batter with cauliflower, anchovy or ġbejna dropped into hot oil, eaten in Lent.

🇲🇹Malta

Stuffed Artichokes

Qaqoċċ mimli

Globe artichokes opened out and packed with breadcrumbs, anchovy, olives, capers and garlic, then braised standing in water and oil.

🇲🇹Malta

Stuffed Olives

Żebbuġ mimli

Large green olives stoned and packed with anchovy, tuna, garlic or almond and served as a bar snack.

🇲🇹Malta

Stuffed Squid

Klamari mimlija

Squid tubes packed with breadcrumbs, their own tentacles, garlic, parsley, olives and capers, then baked or braised in wine.

🇱🇧Lebanon

Tahini Halva

حلاوة طحينية

A dense sesame confection made by working tahini with boiled sugar syrup until it sets into a crumbly, fibrous block.

🇲🇹Malta

Timpana

Macaroni in a rich meat, tomato and egg sauce, sealed inside a shortcrust pastry case and baked until the top browns.

🇲🇹Malta

Treacle Rings

Qagħaq tal-għasel

Rings of thin pastry packed with a dark filling of treacle, semolina, citrus peel and aniseed, slashed on top so it shows through.

🇲🇹Malta

Whitebait Fritters

Pulpetti tal-makku

Whitebait bound with egg, parsley and flour and fried into small patties, eaten with lemon.

🇲🇹Malta

Widow's Soup

Soppa tal-armla

Whatever cheap vegetables are to hand simmered into a broth and finished with a fresh ġbejna and a poached egg dropped in.

🇲🇹Malta

Zalzett Tal Malti

Zalzett tal-Malti

Zalzett tal-Malti is a coarse Maltese pork sausage seasoned with coriander and black pepper.

🇲🇹Malta

Ġbejna tan-nagħaġ

Ġbejniet tal-bżar

Small round sheep's or goat's cheeselet from Gozo, sold fresh and soft, dried and firm, or rolled in cracked pepper and cured.

🇲🇹Malta

Ħobż biż-żejt

Thick slices of Maltese sourdough rubbed with ripe tomato and olive oil, then piled with tuna, capers, olives, onion and butter beans.