Ingredients serve 6

55gr pre soaked diced peas

900skinless boneless chiken breasts , diced

1.2 litres chicken stock

600ml water v

55gr barley

1large carrot diced

1 small turnip diced

1 large leek thinly sliced

salt and pepper

1 tbsp chopped fresh;ly parsley to garished

bread to serve

Method

1. Put the pre- soaked and diced chicken into a saucepan , then add the stock and water and bring slowly to the boil . skim the stalks as it boils . when the barley thoroughly and set aside .
2. when all the foam is removed , add the washed barley and a pinch of salt and simmer for 35minutes
3. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 35minutes until the chicken is cooked through .
4. Let the broth stand for at least 48hours . Reheat adjust and season garished with parsley and serve with bread

Ingredients

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1 onion chopped

2 garlic cloves finely chopped

2 skinless boneless chicken breasts diced

1.5litres chiken stock

175gr tomatoes diced

juice of 1/2 lemon

1/2 chilli powder

1/2 ground cumin

1/8 tsp chipolette chilli powder

1 avocado peeled stoned and cubed

2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander 200gr tortilla chips broken

55gr cheddar cheese grated .

method

1. place a large saucepan over a medium heat , add the oil , onion and garlic and cook for 3minutes . add the chicken stock , tomatoes , lemon juice , chilli powder , cumin and chipolette and the other chilli powder .
2. Heat until simmering , then reduce the heat to low and cook for a further 20minutes until the chicken is tender and cooked through . remove from the heat and stir in the avocado and coriander . divide the tortillas chips between four warmed bowls and pour over the soup . top with the cheese and serve immediately .

Ingredients serve 4

450skinless boneless chichen breasts cut into thin strips

1.2litres pinch chicken stock

150ml double cream

115dried vermicelli

1tablespoon cornflour

3 tablespoon milk

175gr canned sweetcorn kennels drained

salt and pepper

basil leaves to garish

Method

1. Place the chichen in a large saucepan and pour in the chichen stock and cream . Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
2. Meanwhile bring back large saucepan of lightly salted water to the boil . add the pasta , bring back to the boil and cook for 8-10minutes , until tender but still to the bite . drain thoroughly and keep warm .
3. mix the cornflour and milk until a smooth paste forms , then stir into the soup . season to taste with salt and pepper and the sweetcorn and pasta and heat through . ladle the soup into warmed soup bowls , garished with a basil leaf and serve imediately

Ingredienti

4 bicciet vitella

bzar u melh

zejt taz- zebbuga

nofs kikra nbid abjad

weraq tal- habaq frisk

tadam

faqqiegh daqsxejn imsajjar

ftit zebbug

ftit kappar

Metodu

Ipprepara l-insalata billi tqatta u thawwad flimkien it- tadam

iz- zejt iswed , il- kappar u il- faqqiegh

Idlek il- vitella bil- lumi u ftit bzar u melh

Ixwi il-vitella minn kull naha ghal ftit minuti u kompli sajjar ghal madwar hames minuti ohra

zejjen il- platt b’ weraq tal- habaq frisk .

Ingredienti

2 bottijiet cicri

4 kuccarini baking powder

ponn tursin imqatta fin

basla zghira imqatta fin

2 Kuccarini garlic powder

4 kuccarini trab tal- kemmun / cumin

2 kuccarini trab tal- kozbor (coriander)

nofs kuccarini bzar iswed

Ahsel u qattar sew ic- cicri

Itfa ic-cicri , il-basla u it-tursin go food processor . Ghaffeg kollox sakemm ikollok tahlita sabieha , izda xorta jibqaghlek xi ftit bicciet . Zid il- kumplament tal- ingredienti u kompli haddem sakemm it-tahlita tingabar qisha ballun . Ipprepara dixx miksi b’ karta tal- forn sewwa bi ftit zejt taz- zebbuga . Sahhan il- forn f’ temperatura ta’ 200/c . Ifforma blalen bit- tahlita daqs 2 imghare3f il- wiehed . Iccatjahom ftit u ahmi fil- forn ghal madwar 20 minuta. Dawwar il- felafel u kompli ahmi ghal madwar 10minuti ohra

Ingredients

1 large onion chopped

 120ml extra virgin olive oil

1 garlic clove

5 gr chilli , chopped

60 gr green olives

200 gr fresh swordfish , diced

½ white wine

12 cherry tomatoes

4 tbsp chopped basil

2 tbsp chopped parsley

 2 tbsp chopped coriander

400 gr linguine

method

Saute the onion sliced in a frying pan with a little extra irgin olive oil until these turn to soft .

Add the garlic , chilli,  olives and the swordfish and saute for minute. Then add the white wine and cook until all the wine is absorbed . Add the cherry tomatoes , half the basil , parsley and coriander and allow to simmer for 5 minutes .

Cook the pasta in boiling water . Take a teasepoon of the pasta sauce water and add it to the sauce , add a pinch of salt and cover .  Drain the pasta and transfer to a pan over low heat .

Mix the pasta in the sauce and simmer for a few minutes . Add more some herbs but keep some aside to garish .

Serve the pasta on warm plates , garish with the remaining herbs to drizzle some herb oil .

Ingredienti

500ghagina tat- torti

ftit butir jew zejt biex idellek fid- dixx

mgharfa zejt taz- zebbuga

500gr imqarrun imsajjar ghal dente

300gr ikapuljat

basla imqatta irqiqa

bott tadam

brungiela imdaqsa imqatta u mghollija u mqattra fl- ilma

250ml ilma

mgharfa kunserva

kuccarina curry

ftit melh u bzar

2 bajdiet imhabta

2 bajdiet mghollija

100gobon tal- hakk

Sahhan il-forn f’ temperatura moderata ta’ 200/c iftah l-ghagina u iksi il-qiegh tad-dixx. itfa mgharfa zejt fit- tagen u aqli il-basla sakemm tihmar u tirtab . Zid l-ikapuljat , il-curry u il-bzar u kompli qalli .

Zid il-bott tat-tadam il- kunserva zid l- ilma u hallih jaghli . hekk kif jaghli kompli sajjar iz- zalza sakemm tigi maghquda u sabieha . zid ftit melh skond gostik . zid ukoll il- brungiela u tektek ftit minuti maz- zalza . Hallat iz- zalza ma l-ghagin li tkun ga qattart mill- ilma qabel . Hawwad sew b’ imgharfa ta l- injam. zid il-bajd imhabbat u nofs il- gobon mahkuk . Erga hawwad sew . Ferrex il-kumplament god-dixx miksi bl-ghagina . Poggi il-bajd iebes fil-wicc . itfa’ il-kumplament tal-ghagina u iksi il-wicc tat-timpana biha . Bil- furketta taqqab il-wicc tal-ghagina u jekk tiggosta ferrex ftit gunglien . Ahmi ghal madwar 45 minuta sakemm tara li il-wicc hamrani u sabih .

zid ukoll il- brungiela u tektekha ftit minuti maz-zalza

Ingredients

450 rump steak or topside , freshly minced

1onion grated 2-4 garlic cloves

2 tablespoon wholegrain mustard

2 tablespoon olive oil

450onion finely sliced

2 tablespoon sugar

pepper

hamberger buns to serve

Shape the minced steak onion , gaerlic , mustard , pepper in a large bowl shape in a 4-6 sised burgers ten cover and leave to chill for 30 minutes .

Meanwhile heat the oil bsed in a frying pan and saute over a low heat for 10-15 minutes or until unions have caramelized . Add the sugar after 8minutes over a low stiroccasionally during cooking . drain well on a kitchen paper and keep warm preference . servee in berger buns with the onions .

Ingredienti

kilo patata mahsula

mgharfa hall abjad

kuccarina mahsula tal- mustarda

2 basliet maqsumin irqaq

3 imgharef minsuha naghniegh frisk imqatta

nofs kuccarina naghniegh imqatta frisk

nofs kuccarina mimsuha zokkor

niskata bzar

. ghalli il-patata , hallat iz- zejt u il- hall u il- bqija ta l- ingredienti .

poggi vasett li ikollu l- ghatu bil-kamin u hawwad tajjeb Saffi il- patata mil-mishun u aqsam f’bicciet . Ferra it- tahlita fiz- zejt u il- hall u l- ingredienti kollha fuq il- patata .

Ingredients

120 salmon fillets

100dried pappardelle with eggs

2 tablespoon olive oil

2 tablespoon pesto

60ml rocket leaves

2gr parmeasan shavings

Method

put the salmon in a pan and put the water in the pappardelle until boiling .

Put the salmon on a pan and agave to pre- cook . add the pesto parmeasan shavings and olive oil . cut the salmon into 1cm with rocket and pepper and salt into the flakes . add treat together with the remaining parmeasan shavings

Ingredients serve 4

3 tablespoon butter

4 shallots chopped

1 leek sliced

450gr boneless chicken breasts chopped

600ml chiken stock

1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme +

175gr double cream

salt and pepper extra to garish

method

1. melt the butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat Add the shallots and cook starring for 3minutes until slightly softened
2. Add the leek and cook for another 5minutes starring
3. Add the chichen , stock stock herbs and season to taste with salt with salt and pepper . Bring to the boil then reduce to the heat and simmer for 25minutes , until the chichen is tender and cook thoroughly.
4. Remove from the heat and leave to cool for 10minutes . Transfer the soup in a food processor and process until smooth .
5. REturn the soup to the rainsed out pan and warm over a low heat for 5minutes .
6. Stir in the cream and cook for a further 2minutes then remove from the heat and ladle into warmed serving bowls . Garish with thyme sprigs and thyme sprigs and serve imediately
7. Variation
8. for a lower fat version of this soup over the double cream but replace the chicken stock with semi skimmed milk .

Ingredients

175noodles

2 tablespoon olive oil

8 spring onions chopped

2 tablespoon fresh tarragon

6 skinless boneless chicken thighs , diced

150ml dry white wine

1.2litres basic vegetable stock

salt and pepper

crusty bread to serve .

method

1.Bring a saucepan of water to the boil , add the noodles and cook accordingly to the instructions on the packet . Drain refresh and cold running water and leave to stand in the bowl of water .

2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan , add the spring onions and bacon and cook over a new heat staring occasionally for 5 minutes until the spring onions have softened and the bacon is beginning to color .

3.Add the tarragon and chicken . Increase the heat to medium and cook , staring frequently for about 8 minutes until the chichen is golden brown all over .

4. Pour in the wine and cook for 2minutes until the alcohol has evaporated then pour in enough of the stock just to cover the meat . Reduce the heat , cover and simmer until the chicken is tender and cooked through .

5. Pour in the remaining stock , season with salt and pepper and bring to the boil . Drain the noodles and add to the pan , heat through the chicken is tender . Ladle the soup the warmed bowls and serve immediately with crusty bread

Ingredients

1.5litres chicken stock

3 cloves garlic finely chopped

1Avocado

juice of 1/2 lime

3-5 spring onions

400gr skinless cooked chicken breasts into bite size pieces

2 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander

1 lime wedges to serve .

Method

1. place the stalk in the saucepan with the garlic and chilies and bring to the boil

2. Meanwhile , cut the avocado in half around the stone. twist apart , then remove a stone with a knife . Remove and discard the skin , diced the fresh and toss in the lime juice to prevent discoloration

3. Arrange the spring onions , chichen , avocado and serve immediately with lime wedges.

3 bacon rashes diced

1 large onion , diced

1 carrot diced

1 celery stick , diced

1 green pepper diced

450gr red potatoes ppeled and cut into 5mm inch cubes

1.5mm chiken stock

2 fresh thyme sprigs 450fresh or frozen sweetcorn kennels

350double cream

salt and pepper

method

Cook the bacon in a large saucepan over a medium heat , staring until crisp . Use a spotted spoon to transfer the bacon to a plate lined with kitchen paper to the bacon fat in the pan and cook for 10 minutes staring , until the onion is transuculent

Add the potatoes chicken stock stock thyme sweetcorn and a pinch of salt . simmer uncovered over a low heat until the potatoes are tender and the chicken is cooked through . Add the cream with salt and pepper . Serve in warmed bowls with the bacon sprinkle over the top .

Ingredients serve 6

3 tablespoon olive oil

1 large onion chopped

2 leeks , chopped

2 sticks celery chopped

175button mushrooms chopped

4 tablespoons dry white wine

1.2vegetable stock

1 bay leaf (randa)

Method

Bring to the boil , add the bay leaf and herbs , reduce to the heat , cover and simmer for 30 minutes .

Add the lentils re- cover the pan stiring occasionally for a furthur 40 minutes until they are tender Stir in the chicken for a furthur 5-10 minutes until the chicken is piping hot . Remove and discard the bay leaf and serve imediately .

serve 4 Ingredients

2 skinless chicken legs

150ml chiken stock

1onion finely chopped

1 bay leaf (randa)

250ml chestnut mushrooms thickly sliced v

4 tablespoon cornflour blended with 4 tablespoon water

4 tabs creme fraiche

500gr ready made puff pastry

salt and pepper

Place the chicken legs in a large saucepan with the stock cider, onion and bay leaf . Cover and simmer for 25minutes until the chiken is cooked through the juices run clear when a skewer is inserted in the thickest part of the meat . Add the mushrooms and simmer for a further 10 minutes . remove the chiken and serve aside. remove and discard the bay leaf .

Stir the cornflour into the stock . Heat , staring constantly until boiling and thickened . Remove the meat from the chiken legs and tear into pieces .

Preheat the oven to 200/c/gas mark 6 . Stir in the chiken and crème fraiche into the soup into ovenproof bowls . there should be three quarters full.

Lightly flour a surface , then roll out the pastry . Cut out rounds or squares large enough to cover on tops of the bowls a 1cm . Press around the rim and lay the pastry on top . press around the rim and piece the centers . Bake in a preheated oven for20-25minutes or until the pastry is golden . Serve immediately .

Ingredienti

12 il- bicca Haruf. 

Ghal immarinat trid.  

Basla  mdaqqsa mahkuka  

 2 imgharef oregano mqattgha irqiq

2 imgharef meraq tal-lumi.

4 imgharef zejt taz- zebbuga.

Bzar u melh  

Metodu

Nehhi  l-bicciet tal-laham irqiq mit-trufbiex ma jirrumblawx waqt it- tisjir . 

Biex taghmel l-immarinat.

Hallat l- ingredienti f’ recipient tal-hgieg . daqsxejn kbir u zid il- bicciet tal- Haruf . 

Hallihom hemm ghal nofs siegha u dawwarhom darba . Itfa il- laham fuq il- grill tal- barbiecue msahhan . Sajjar ghal 4 minuti imbghad dawwarhom ghal 3 minuti ohra biex jigu medium rare.  

Jekk tippreferixxi Halli il-laham fuq il-barbiecue.

Servi mal- insalata friska jew mal- haxix li tipprepera minn qalb.

Ingredienti

Kikrta u nofs zokkor abjad .

Kikra u nofs zokkor ismar,

kikri u nofs dqiq plain

2 bajdiet

2 kuccarini u nofs essenza tal-vanilla. 

3 kwarti ta’ kuccarina melh fin.  

Kuccarina baking powder, Kuccarina baking soda.   

 355 gr Cikkulata semi sweet imfarka.    

Method

Issetja il-forn f’ temperatura ta’ 350F (175°C).  

Go skutella kbira u fonda ixhet il-butir, iz-zokkor abjad u ismar , il-bajd u il-vanilla u hawwad kollox flimkien.

Go skutella ohra hallat flimkien id-dqiq u il-baking soda u hawwadhom.

Hallat flimkien il-kontenut taz-zewg skutelli.u ixhet il-frak tac-cikkulata..

Ghandu ikollok tahlita maquda biex b’subajk tifforma wiehed wiehed fuq cookie lewn mhux midluka ghal 10 minuti jew sakemm il- jiehdu il-lewn dehbi kannella.

Ingredients

100gr pinch of salt white or wholemeal

Pinch of salt

 1 egg

300 ml milk or skimmed milk.

10gr melted margerine or oil.

For the filling: 

400gr peeled Tomatoes

300gr rocula

Basmatic vinegar 

olive oil 

Method

Serving flour in a salt into a bowl making a well in the center , Add the egg and milk Gradually importating the flour from the sides whisk a smooth batter mix in melted margerine or oil. Heat the pancakes, pan until smooking .

Add enough mixture to just cover the bottom of the pan thinly. Cook for a few minutes seconds until brown . Turn and cook on the other side .

Transfer to a plate Wash the rocula and put it into the bowl , cut the peeled tomatoes into cubes.

Ingredients

100gr tomatoes

200gr cooked fresh beans 

100 diced potatoes

Salt and pepper 

1 tablespoon vinaigrette

10 gr Anchovy fillets 

5gr capers

10gr stand office

Method

Peel the tomatoes and remove seeds.

Cut into neat segments .

Arrange the beans , tomatoes and  potatoes neately in a salad bowl . 

Season with Salt and pepper and add the vinaigrette.

Decorate with Anchovies , capers and olives.