Author: davidedwardfarrugia

White peach summer Bellini


Ingredients serve 6

2 medium sized very ripe unpeeled white peaches , halved ,

2 tablespoon (or more lemon juice )

2 tablespoon () or more simple soup

750ml chilled proscetti juice if desired

Method

Pour peaches , lemon juice , add more syrup or lemon juice if desired .

pour 2 tablespoon , puree into each of 6 champagne flutes . fill with prosecco

Italian wedding soup with puntarelle.


Ingredients serve 6

1 head of puntarelle, trimmed outer leaves removed.

1 clarge egg

1/2 pound ground pork

1/2 fine fresh breadcrumbs

1/2 cup fine fresh breadcrumbs

2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

2 medium leeks ,

white and pale green parts only finely chopped,

salt , freshly ground pepper

1/4 cup dry white wine

6 cups low sodium chicken broth

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

(shaved pecorino )

Method

Tear dark leafy parts of puntarelle into 2 inch pieces , set aside . You ‘ll be left with long white stalks and the core of the puntarelle, which is layered similar to a fennel bulb . Thinly slice care lenghtwise smaller pieces will break away ) & set aside. Using your hands , mix egg , pork , breadcrumbs, parsley , 1 leek and 2 garlic cloves in a medium bowl until well combined season with salt and pepper . Gently roll heaping teaspoonfuls of mixture into balls , transferring to rimmed baking sheets as you go (you should have about 40 meatballs) . Heat 1/4cup oil in a large heavy pot over medium high – heat . cook meatballs turning often to help maintain – high heat . cook meatballs turning often to help their round all over 5-7 minutes. Add remaining leek and 2 garlic cloves to browned and softened about 5 minutes. Add all but a small handful of reserved slices puntarelle core to pot and cook stairing occasionally until soften about 4 minutes . add wine and simmer until liquid is reduced by half about 2 minutes . Add wine and simmer until liquid is reduced by half about 2 minutes. Add broth & bring to a simmer. Add all but a small handful of puntarelle leaves to pot .

season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer . Add all but a small handful of puntarelle leaves to pot . season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil . REduce heat and simmer uncovered until papardelle is cooked through and flavours have melted 23-30minutes .

Toss remaining pappardelle core and greens in a small bowl with lemon juice and remaining 1 tablespoon oil; season with salt and pepper

Do ahead . Soup (without dressed puntarelle and pecorino) can be made 1 day ahead . Dress puntarelle and top soup just before serving .

Cannelloni ghal 12 il-kannoli


ingredienti

25 konfettura

25bicciet ta cikkulata

350gr hanini irkotta helwa

karawett imfarka 25gr icing sugar

12 kannoli kbar isibhom lesto .

Zid il-bicciet u il-konfettura helwa skond il-gosti tieghek Itfa it-tahlita f’ piping u imla il-kannoci mal-frott ghal gosti tieghek.

peanut butter and honeycomb ice cream


ingredients

one and one half vanilla ice cream ice -cream softened

2*250 chocolate comb bars , chopped

1/4 holes of a 6 3/4 cup capacity texas pan with plastic wrap .

Place vanilla ice cream mixture between pan holes . smooth.

Stir to combine . Divide ice- cream mixture between three quarters of the honeycomb in a large bowl . Place peanut butter in a large bowl . Add half the chocolate ice- cream Divide ice- cream butter between prepared pan holes . Smooth tops . Freeze for 1hr or until firm . Place peanut butter or until film . Remove ice- cream from pan holes. Discard plastic wrap . Serve ice- cream topped with remaining honeycomb .

Pizza dough recipe


Ingredients

Lamb brand flour 300gr

lamb brand castor sugar

Yeast 2 teaspoon

warm water 180/deg/sec

Olive oil

2 tablespoon

Method

Stir in the yeast sugar and water in a bowl .

Stir in the yeast in the oiled, knead in the oiled bowl cover and stand in a warmed place on a lightly flavored sour flavoured surface and knead until smooth. roll dough large enough and fit into a greased until smooth. roll dough large enough to fit into a greased 35*25baking pan. Stand in a warm for another to fit 15minutes and top for another 15 minutes and top with the favourite ingredients for 30 minutes. Pastry can be frozen for 30 minutes. 180’c. pastry

Kale tal-inbid Ahmar .


Ingredients

300gr strawberry puree

75juice of 1 lemon

4 sheets gelatine leaves

4 medium eggs

275gr sugar

450gr creme cheese

40flour fresh lemon juice

150gr fresh cheese

Sweet pastry

20gr champagne

20ml red wine

baked lemon cheesecake

Method

Habbat il-bajd fi blender. poggi l-affarijiet go blender . hallat sewwa sakemm Tarah maghqud

Poggi id dqiq u il-juice

Poggi fil- forn li ma ikunx daqs ta’ 25cm . il- forn huwa ta 300degrees celcius imbaghad meta zzid is- shana ghal 350 degrees celcius u meta tahmieh bi 350degrees celcius il- kejk jerga jigi postu . Meta jibred u thallih joqoghod aqilghu go borma forn ghal 30 minuta qabel isservih .

Insalata/ dip biblika


Ingredienti ricetta 86.

Kikra gobon moxx (chotage cheese)

6 zebbugiet hodor bla ghadma mqatghin strixxi

6 zebbugiet suwed bla ghadma maqtughin strixxi

mgharfa pistacci maqtughin mhux melhin

Mgharfa karfus imqatta

mgharfa kappar imqatta

Pistacci u karfus biex izejjen

Metodu

Hallat sew flimkien l-ingredienti kollha

Ifrex it- tahlita fuq platt kbir u catt

Zejjen bil-karfus u il-pistacci.

Servi mal-hobz mixwi jew bhala insalata

Hibiscus , orange and vanilla aqua fresca


Ingredients serve 4

Vanilla bean split

Pot

3 strips orange ,

tea bags

1/3cup  sugar

1/3 fresh lime juice

2 cups cold  water

Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes

method

Scarpe vanilla seeds from vanilla bean, split

In half lenghtwise for 3 sides and add pot. Thai chilli split in half lenghtwise for 3 strips orange or 24v hisbiscius , tea bags 1/3 cup sugar and 2 cups boiling water  let steep until until infusion cools to room temperature 25 to 30 minutes. Stain through a fine mesh. Sieve into a large  bowl  pressing all solids. stir in ½  cup fresh lime juice and 2 cups cold water. Chill aqua fresca for 1hr. Divide aqua fresca among ice filled  glasses. Garish with lime leaves. . Aqua fresca can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and chill   

roasted garlic and celiac soup


Ingredients serve 4

2 small heads of garlic , halved

3 tablespoon olive oil

4 cups vegetable stock

2 teasepoon butter

1 onion roughly chopped

1 lb celiac peeled in cut into chunks

2/3 milk

1, 1/2 oz sliced pancetta

2/3 lightly cream

salt and pepper

method

Put the halved unpeeled garlic heads into a roasting pan , drizzle with 1 teasepoon of the oil and roast in a preheated oven 400/Ffor 15 minutes .

Meanwhile add the celiac and onion cover and fry gently foor 10 minutes , cover vand fry gently for 10 minutes saking the paan from time to time.

take the garlic out of the small knife and add the celiac . poiur in the stock add a little seasoning and bringb to the boil . cover and simmer vand bring to the boil . Cover and simmer or until celiac is tender . cool slightly .

Pour the soup in batches in a food processor or blender then pour back into the pan .

cool slightly completely then chill until required .

when ready to sieve stir in the milk into the soup and reheat until piping hot .

Dry fry the pancetta until crisp and golden into long stripes . stir half the cream into the pancetta and serve immediately . Use 1 LBseeded pumpkin . peel and chop then use the pumpkin instead of the celiac . Garish with cream as above adding toasted pumpkin seeds of pancetta . serve hot or cold .

slow cooker chicken tikka marsala


Ingredients

  • 12 boneless chicken tights cut into 3 chunks
  • 2 tablespoon boneless skinless chicken tights cut into 3 chunks
  • 2 tablespoon vegtable or rampseed oil
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 garlic clove crushed
  • thumb sized piece ginger finely grated or chopped
  • 3 tablespoon curry tikka paste
  • 500ml tomato puree
  • 1 tablespoon light brown soft sugar
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 5 cardamon pods
  • 100ml double cream
  • handfull mchopped coriander
  • cooked basmati rice , lime wedges and nana bread serve opitional

method

Heat the slow cooker . season the chicken , then put oil in a wide frying pan and once hot , add the chicken . don’t over could the pan you may want to do this in batches .

cook over a high heat until the chicken is brown then transfer to a slow cooker. Add the onion , garlic and ginger to the pan and cook for a few minutes until softened . Add a splash of water and scrape any lits in the bottom , then tip everything in a slow cooker .

Add the remaining ingredients except the cream and the coriander and cover with the lid . cook for 7hours or on high heat for 5 hours .

Add the cream and check the seasoning adding more vinegar or salt if needed Cook for another 10-15 minutes until hot. Ladle beetween bowls and garished with the colander . serve with rice , bread and lime wedges if needed if you like .

Zuchini il-forn


Ingredienti

3 zuchini

meraq ta 3lumijiet

dqiq plain

melh

bzar iswed

zejt taz-zebbuga

Metodu

  1. Ahsel sew iz-zuchini u qataghhom slices mit-tul

2. Ixotta sew kull bicca

3. Hallihom jixxarbu ghal madwar 15 il-minuta fil-meraq tal-l;umi

4. Ghaddi iz-zuchini minn god-dqiq.

5. Poggi go dixx li tkun ksejt bil-karta forno u dellikha bi ftit zejt taz-zebbuga .

6. Ferrex ftit melh, bzar u zejt taz-zebbuga

7. Ahmi go forn moderat li tkun sahant minn qabel . Ahmi ghal madwar 30 minuta jew sakemm tara li hmaru.

Cucumber, garlic and yougourt dip


Ingredients serve 4.

500gr yougurt

1 cucumber

25gr chocolate dark fondente

2 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon coriander

1 tablespoon dill

1 tablespoon white wine vinegar

1 tablespoon mint chopped

200gr roasted pistachoes

Method

Place the yougourt in a bowl , peel half and desceeded the cucumber then grate it to the yougurt

 Add the crushed garlic , dill coriander , mint olive oil and vinegar and mix well . season with salt and pepper . Serve well chilled and garished with roasted potatoes .

Add the  pistachios . Add the chocolate dark fondants and serve hot or cold .

Summer chicken salad


Ingredients

750gr chicken breasts , filled trimmed ,

440 gr can pineapple pieces in natural juice

4 springs thyme

 1 tablespoon olive oil

1 small mango putney

 1 small brown union finely chopped

1 tablespoon mild curry powder

 ½ cup whole egg mayoneise

1 butter lettuce trimmed washed dried

 1 mango peeled cut into thin wedges

 1 avocado peeled sliced

 ½ cup macadamia nuts roughly chopped

method

Place chicken into a large frying pan in a single layer.   Pour pineapple juice over chicken set pineapple pieces aside .  Add thme to chicken . Bring to the boil over medium heat . Reduce heat to low . cover, simmer for 10 minutes .

Set chicken aside to cool in pouching liquid .   Remove chicken . reserving ¼ cup pouching liquid.  Slice chiken diagonally.  Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat . Add onion . 

Cook for 3 minutes or until tender .   Stir in the curry powder .

And cutney.   

Remove from heat .   Stir through mayoneise and reserved poaching liquid

 Tear lettuce leaves in half .   

Place onto a serving platter.    

Top with slice chicken,  pineapple  pieces,  mango,  avocado and macadia nuts   

Season with salt and pepper.   

Grilled fresh tuna


Ingredients

2 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 garlic cloves , minced

2 tablespoon minced fresh thyme

Or ½ teasepoon dried thyme

4 tuna steaks 150gr each

¼ tsp  teasepoon salt

¼ tsp pepper

method

In a large resealable plastic bag conbine the lemon juice oil, garlic and thyme .   Add the tuna seal the bag and turn to coat . Refregerate for up to 30 minutes, turning occasionally .

Remove tuna from bag and springkle with salt and pepper . Drain and discard marinade.

Moisten a paper towel with cooking oil.  Using long handling tongs , lightly coatthe grill rack .  Grill the tuna covered over heat and broil four minutes on each side for medium rare or until slightly pink in the center .

Serve with grilled fresh vegetables.

Veal skewers with speck


Ingredients

500 gr veal loin , cleaned

10slices thin spec

0.5gr french mustard

Seasoning

Cut the veal loin in a thickness of 5cm lenghtwise .

Roll in cling film and place in the fridge to set . 

Put the speck slices next to each other for the length of the loin , brush the spec with mustard and seasoning .

Place the loin on the speck and roll the refregerate it to set .

Remove from the cling film and insert skewers , approximately 1cm from each other , then cut it with individual servings .

Grill on both sides until almost done and serve. .

stuffat tal- pixxispad


Ingredienti

600gr pixxispad

3 imgharef kunserva

u poggihom f’ borma .

Irranga 600gr pixxispad

basal u roxx ftit habaq u

ftit meraq tal-lumi . .

200gr basal

600200gr piselli

3 imgharef kunserva

habaq u merdqux

meraq tal-lumi

metodu

Qaxxar 200gr basal u ftit tewm u poggihom f’ borma

Irranga 600pixxispad fuq il- basal u roxx ftit habaq u ftit meraq tal- lumi . zid 200gr piselli u tlett imgharef kunserva three hills . zid tazza inbid ahmar u sajjar ghal madwar 20minuta fuq nar baxx . servi shun ma’ xi insalata u pastard mgholli

mozzarella and tomato salad


ingredients serve 6

600gr tomatoes

300gr mozzarella cheese

lots of basil leaves

olive oil 125ml or sunflower oil

method

slice the tomatoes into even slices Drain the fresh tomatoes and slice evenly in similar thickness as the tomatoes. prepare seperate bowls for each person . and present the salad of tomatoes and mozzarella cheese overlapping slightly in several to give more colour and taste and drizzle with olive oil or sunflower oil

buckwheat risotto bis- salamun u il-brokkoli


ingredienti

mgharfa zejt taz- zebbuga

basla, sinna tewm ,

300gr buckwheat

900gr stokk tal-haxix

300gr flett tas-salamun

300gr brokkoli

2 imgharef xibt

qoxra ta’ lumija

2 imgharef greek yougourt naturali

melh u bzar

method

lahlah il-buchwheat taht l-ilma niezel . Qatta it-tewm u il-basla

sahhan imgharfa zejt f tagen u aqli il-basla u it-tewm fuq nar medju ghal 6 minuti sakemm jirtabu ftit . Zid il-buckwheat u sajjar ghal minuta ohra u zid 2 kuccarini tal- istokk tal-haxix

Hallih itektek ghal 5 minuti u hawwad sakemm l-istokk ikun kwazi ntorob . hallih itektek ghal 5 minuti u zid 2 kuccarini stokk tal-haxix mill-istokk tal-haxix

hallih itektek ghal 5 minuti u hawwad sakemm l-istokk ikun kwazi ntorob . imbaghad ibqa’ zid l-istokk bl- istess mod sakemm jifdallek kuccarini wiehed biss . Dan il-process jiehu 25 minuta .

Qatta is-salmon . Zid is-salmon u il-kumplament ta l-istokk fit-tagen u hallih itektek ghal 2 minuti . Hu hsieb li is-salmon ikun imsajjar sew biex il-buckwheat huwa tari.

Qatta’ il-broccoli fi fjuri zghar. Sajjar il- broccoli fl-ilma jaghli sakemm isiru . Saffihom fl- ilma u zidhom mal-buckwheat flimkien mal-buckwheat, flimkien ma xibt, il-qoxra ta’ lumija mahkuka u il-yougoourt . Hawwad bil-melh u il-bzar u Servi .

Il-pesto tal-habaq


ingredients

2 kikri madwar 50gr weraq tal- habaq frisk

50gr prinjol “pine nuts “

50gr gobon normali mahkuk

100ml sunflower oil

melh u bzar frisk

metodu

poggi il- habaq , il- gobon normali it-tewm u il-pine nuts

50gr gobon normali mahkuk

100ml sunflower oil

melh u bzar frisk

poggi il- habaq , il- gobon normali – it- tewm u il-pine nuts go blender jew kenwood u ithan sakemm jintahan kollox . ferra ftit sunflower oil sakemm jithallat kollox . zid melh u bzar skond kemm triggosta ,

ghagin bl-irkotta u il-qara baghli zuchini


ingredienti

kilo zuchini

5 sinniet tewm

160gr penne

4 imgharef zejt sunflower

250gr gobon normali

habaq u bzar

metodu

GHalli l-ilma u itfa ftit melh u hallih isir al dente.Peress li iz- zuchini jibqghu ftit iebsin nehhihom mill- mushun jew inkella itfaghlhom tazza ilma biex iz- zuchini ma jehxinx u poggihom go chopping board ghat- tqattiegh . Qattaghhom zghar 2cm each .

Sadanitant sahhanzejt normali f’borma kbira , zid it-tewm u sajjar fuq nar moderat dejjem thawdu biex fil-qiegh ma jehiklx l-ghagin sakemm it- tewm jirtab imma ma jridx jinharaq. zid iz- zuchini u ftit bzar u melh fit- tahlita u sajjar bil- mod dejjem thawwad sakemm jirtabu .

qalleb iz- zuchini gol- penne flimkien mal habaq u l- irkotta u 25 sakemm l- ingredienti jithalltu sew . servi ftit zejt sunflower zid il- bzar sakemm l- ingredienti kollha jithaltu sew . servi ftit zejt u il- gobon li fadal fil- wicc