Our traditional flatbread mainly famous in Gozo and topped with special Maltese/mediterranean ingredients has become to be known as Gozitan ftira or ftira Ghawdxija. This is served all over Gozo and Malta.
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Maltese/Gozitan ftira (ftira Ghawdxija)
November 18th, 2016 by amaltesemouthful@gmail.comChicken pulpetti with marrows in a piquant sauce
August 6th, 2016 by amaltesemouthful@gmail.com
We have a little obsession with fritters and patties in Malta. We call them pulpetti and they range from many vegetable varieties to different meat varieties. Here is my version of chicken pulpetti with thyme and fennel seeds. Easy and quick too!…
Maltese white bean salad with garlic and parsley (fazola bajda bit-tewm u tursin)
August 6th, 2016 by amaltesemouthful@gmail.com
The simplicity of this Maltese white bean salad is what sometimes makes Maltese food so great. Just chop a few ingredients and there you have it, a simple and tasty appetiser or snack. …
Maltese style marrows/courgettes/zucchinis
August 6th, 2016 by amaltesemouthful@gmail.com
Maltese style marrows/courgettes/zucchinis are our way of celebrating this wonderful vegetable! A tomato piquant sauce is all that is needed to make courgettes that little bit more special….
Hobz biz zejt and a Maltese picnic
August 6th, 2016 by amaltesemouthful@gmail.com
Hobz biz zejt (translated to meaning bread with oil) is a simple food tradition that the Maltese love. I had a picnic outside in the garden last week with my girls and we made our very own Maltese sandwich famously known as hobz biz zejt….
More pastizzi – let’s get rolling again
June 13th, 2016 by amaltesemouthful@gmail.com
I have been practicing my pastizzi skills today. I am running a private cookery class this weekend and I wanted to brush up a little. I made about 25 pastizzi and we ate them all today. Saying this, they turned out well. …
Pickle this, pickle that! My giardiniera and pickled aubergine (brungiel)
May 24th, 2016 by amaltesemouthful@gmail.com
I made these wonderful pickled vegetables recently and I had to wait two weeks before I got stuck in. It was worth the wait!
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Kohl rabi fritters (pulpetti) with broad beans
May 8th, 2016 by amaltesemouthful@gmail.com
Kohl rabi is used in Maltese cuisine mainly in our traditional soups, but these fritters are a nice change and ideal for spring. I have also added broad beans which is another great vegetable used in many Maltese dishes. …
Jerusalem artichoke soup
April 16th, 2016 by amaltesemouthful@gmail.com
Jerusalem artichoke soup with wild garlic has a wonderful nutty and sweet flavour. The wild garlic may be difficult to find in some countries including Malta but if you can’t get it then just use crushed garlic instead. …
Naspli! Enjoy St Joseph’s Day
March 19th, 2016 by amaltesemouthful@gmail.com
Unfortunately I have not been able to prepare some zeppoli today but I did manage to find some of these wonderful fruit in my local Mediterranean/Middle Eastern store. Known to us as naspli! They are a wonderful fruit. You may also have heard of them as medlars or loquats. We had a few trees at home and we used to love eating them. I hope you manage to try some of these. Eaten whole, they are wonderful!