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Swordfish Pixxispad al cartocio .


Ingredients

4 swordfish pixxispad steaks , approximately each skin removed

1 fennel bulb

4 star anise

50gr pine nuts

100ml olive oil

salt and blk pepper

Method

Sheet or baking paper and top with fennel leaves pine nuts seasoning with oil . close the sides to form small purchase and cook in a moderate oven at 180/c for 15minutes or until the bbq grill for 10 minutes . Serve the fish in 4 individual plates .

Froga tat-tarja


Ingredienti

400gr tarja

2 bajdiet imhabtin ma l- irkotta

250gr hanini irkotta mghafga

Method

F’ borma ghalli l-ghagin u hallih al dente . ghaffeg l- irkotta u hawwad sew mal- 2 bajdiet . zid ftit melh u bzar , ftit tursin.

X’ hin isir al dente saffih , hallat il-kunserva ftit butir u it- tahlita tal- bajd . Aqlibha ta taht fuq u servi shuna jew kiesha skond gostik.

Klamari bil-ful u il-gobon tal-bzar


Ingredients

8 small squid cleaned

500gr shelled board beans

80gr peppered cheese sheep grated

Juice of zest of 1 lemon

3 garlic cloves finely chopped

15ml raspberry vinegar

12 tomatoes halved

100ml extra virgin olive oil

salt and black pepper.

Method

Cut the squid in half and using a pointer knife make a chis cross cuts on the squid . Heat a pan with the oil and the chilli for 30 seconds and stir in the squid and cook on highest heat for 1 minute . Remove from the heat transfer to an oven dish and mix in the lemon juice zest, vinegar , lease tomatoes and seasoning . Roast in a moderate oven at 180/c for about 7minutes . Remove from the oven , add parsley plate and well skill hot sprinkle with the cheese leaving a cheese leaving in a melt a squid dish.

Grilled halloumi cheese with board beans spicy salami and mint


Ingredients

300gr board beans (weighing out of the shell and without the peel).

1.25ml capfuls of board beans

fresh peas

3 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil

2 tablespoon of fresh mint leaves +6 sprigs to garish

1 tablespoon of grated lemon peel 400ml of halloumi cheese (cut lenghtways into 12slices and patted dry)

2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice

16 slices of salami calabrese or chorizo

1 lemon cut in quarters

Method

Blanch the beans into a medium saucepan of boiling salted water for 2 minutes . Transfer the peas in the same saucepan of boiling salted water until just tender . Using a spotted spoon transfer the peas to iced water and cool them . Drain well .

Place the beans , peas , olive oil , two tablespoon of mint leaves and lemon leaves in a large frying pan . Warm them through over medium heat for about 3 minutes . Season them with salt and pepper . Heat a large nonstick griddle pan over a medium flame for a minute on each side .

Arrange 4 slices of salami on each plate followed by three cheese slices . Spoon over the warm vegetables and drizzle them with lemon juice . Garish open with lemon wedges and mint sprigs and serve immediately

Russian Easter bread


14gr dried yeast

75gr caster sugar

500gr strong baker flour

a pinch of ground cinnamon

A cup full of sultanas

8 eggs

150ml milk

60gr unsalted butter

1 teasepoon red food colouring

Place the yeast with 150ml of warm water and one teaspoonfuls of sugar . SEt aside for 15minutes or until bubbles appear on the surface .

Stir the flour into a large bowl and add the remaining sugar , two teaspoonful of salt , 3 beaten eggs butter and 100ml water until you have dough . Scatter flour onto a board and turn out dough onto this . Kneald it with your hands for 5 minutes leave it soft . Place it in a lightly greased bowl covering it with setting it aside . In a warm place for about an hour or until it has doubled in size . Then return it to the board and knock it back . divide it into two pieces roll them out into long sprits and plait them together . place this plan on a large greased baking tray . Leave it to rise for an hour

Meanwhile make the coloured eggs . Place 4 eggs in a saucepan of cold water with red food coloring and bring this to the boil. Simmer for 10 minutes , remove from pan from the heat and let the eggs in the water until they have cooled .

Preheat the oven to 190/ gas 5 . REmove the coloured eggs from the water , dry them and set them down in the center of the plaited dough . lightly beat the last egg and brush this over the dough . Bake it for 25minutes . Serve it warm . the coloured eggs are decorative and should not be eaten .

Pastini tal-banana


Ingredienti

2 bananiet medji

165 gr butir

165gr zokkor

165gr dqiq self raising

3 bajdiet

kuccarina u nofs essenza tal- vanilla

Metodu

Sahhan il- forn fuq 180/c

Go skutella kbira habbat flimkien il-bajd u l-essenza tal- vanilla

Go skutella ohra habbat sew flimkien iz- zokkor u habbat sew .

Qaxxar u ghaffeg il- banana zidhom mat- tahlita bil- mod .

Poggi it-tahlita f’karta strazza ghal madwar 20 minuta

Jekk trid tista tifriza dawn il-pasti .

Torta tat-tuffieh.


Ingredienti

175gr dqiq self raising

170gr butir

2 kuccarini vanilla

Qoxra mahkuka ta’ lumija ta’ malta

meraq ta laringa

bajda imhabta

isfar ta bajda imhabta ma imgharfa halib fil-wicc.

ftit cikkulata skura

50gr gewz imqatta irqiq

2 imgharef ilma

Metodu

Biex taghmel l-ghagina gharbel id-dqiq u il-melh go skutella

zid il-butir u hawwad sakemm it-tahlita tigi qisha frak tal-hobz .

Zid il-qxur , il-frott u il-vanilla.

zid il-bajda u hawwad b’ idejk. zid ftit mil-meraq tal-laringa sakemm tara li l-ghagina irtabet u saret qisha ballun u giet ftit ratba . Aghmel l- ghagina fil- frigg ghal nofs siegha. Iftah nofs l- ghagina u aghmilha go dixx . Iprepara il-mili tat-torta billi thallat it-tuffieh u iz-zokkor .

Maghhom zid ic-cikkulata u il-gewz . Poggi din it-tahlita fuq l-ghagina . Ahmi it-torta ghal madwar 45 minuta f’forn moderat li tkun sahhant minn qabel.

Servi it- torta kiesha jew shuna flimkien ma scoop gelat tal- vanilla jew ma ftit krema safra .

Fanfru il-forn.


Ingredients

8 fillets if fish cleaned and skin removed

4 potatoes finely sliced

16 cherry tomatoes halved

small bunch marjoram

small bunch parsley roughly chopped

120ml extra virgin olive oil

salt and freshly ground pepper

50gr breadcrumbs

2 garlic cloves finely chopped .

Method

Heat the oven at a temperature of 180/c in the oven lay a bed of potatoes with the fish and sprinkle with the tomatoes herbs and olives . finish the breadcrumbs oil with season and cook covered for about 15 minutes until potatoes and fish are cooked serve immediately until very hot.

Qarnita f’ inbid ahmar


Ingredients

1 kg octopus

1 litre water

1 red onion

2 garlic cloves finely chopped

10 pitted whole black pepper corns marjoram , mint , basil finely chopped

1 teasepoon honey

1/2 teasepoon crushed chilli

1 tablespoon of lime

100ml extra virgin olive oil

salt and fresh cracked pepper

1 teasepoon of wine red

Method

In a deep pan fried put the water, 1 teaspoonful of wine , 10 pinned black peppercorns 1/2 teasepoon of chilli, bay leaf and octopus . Bring to the boil , reduce the heat and simmer for about an hour or until octopus is cooked . Remove the octopus from liquid and cut into bite pieces . Reserving some of the liquid . In a shallow pan heat the oil and saute the onions until brown , add the chilli garlic and herbs for a further 3 minutes . Finally add the octopus add the honey add the lime zests about 10 minutes until the liquid has reduced to the desired consistency.

Seaon and serve.

Roast denci with a nocise sauce


Ingredients

1 kg of denci

sea salt and black pepper

olive oil for frying

200gr tomatoes

2 garlic cloves

125gr white wine

250ml fish stock

leaves of 2 sprigs of thyme

leaves of 3 sprigs of tarragon chopped

2 fresh sage leaves

1 bay leaf

Method

put the tomatoes and oil in a pan and simmer until it cook to a pulp crushing them occasionally . Add wine and simmer for until they cook to a pulp crushing them occasionally . add wine and simmer until absorbed then add the stock tarragon thyme sage , bay leaf salt and pepper . brush the fish with oil and season with salt and pepper . spoon half into a roasting tin . Place in a serving dish and keep warm pour the roasted juice back i into the saucepan of sauce bring to the boil and then add salt and pepper pour out the sauce around the fish add the olives and fennel pieces and serve

kejk tal-ispinaci


Ingredienti

100 spinaci friska

2 bajdiet

150gr zokkor castor

200dqiq plain

meraq ta’ nofs lumija

120gr jogurt tal-vanilla

2 kuccarini baking powder

150zejt vegitali

2 bajdiet

Method

Sahhan il-forn f’temperaturata’ 180’c .

Go food processor jew blender ghaffeg u hawwad iz-zejt, il- bajd , il- meraq tal- lumi , il- yougurtu l- ispinaci sakemm tigi qisha krema mahlulha hadra .

Fi skutella kbira gharbel id-dqiq u il-baking powder . Zid iz-zokkor u hawwad . Dahhal it- tahlita l- hadra u hawwad bil- mod u bil- galbu sakemm jithaltu flimkien .

Iprepara dixx midluk bi ftit butir u ftit dqiq fil-qiegh. Ferrex it- tahlita go fih . Dahhal fil- forn imsahhan u ahmi ghal madwar 35minutajew sakemm ma tibqax idellek minn gewwa

Dan il- kejk tajjeb hafna jekk iservuh kif inhu meta jiksah u imlih bil-krema maghmulha minn bott mascarpone imhallat ma mgharfajew imhallat ma mgharfa icing sugar u ftit vanilla

Cod fitters (Sfineg tal-bakkaljaw)


Ingredienti ghal 6 persuni.

700gr bakkaljaw jew cofd fitters

200dqiq self raising

tewma hadra imqatgha irqiqa

tursina imqatgha irqiqa

ftit bzar u melh

2 imgharef zejt taz-zebbuga

basla kbira imqatgha irqiqa

410gr bott zalza maltese tal-mayor

30gr kappar

naniegha imqatta frisk

Metodu

Qatta il- bakaljaw u xarbu fl-ilma min lejl qabel ma tkun se issajru , nehilu l-ilma, l-ghada ghalli il-hut ghal madwar 30 minuta .

Stuffed klamari


600gr klamari zghar

mgharfa zejt taz- zebbuga

2 basliet , tewma normali, ftit bzar u melh .

mgharfa three hills kunserva

400gr bott polpa mayor

100gr zebbug iswed tal-ghadma

100ml ilma fietel

ftit habaq

ftit naniegh

225gr dipp tat-tonn

100gr frak tal-hobz. , ftit inbid

Metodu

Naddaf il-klamari u go skutella hallat l- ingredienti u imla il-klamari b’ din it-tahlita b’ toothpick.

Aghlaq it-truf tal-klamari , zid il-basal u it-tewma imqatta – it-tree hills kunserva u il-mayor polpa, zid l- istock tal-hut, iz-zebbug il-hwawar , id-dip u ftit bzar u melh ghal gosti tieghek.

Nota. Meta taghzel il-klamari ghazel dawk li ikunuzghar ghax il- hut taghhom ikun iktar tari .

Fried lampuki


Ingredients

800gr lampuki mqatghin

500gr smid

4 imgharef zejt taz-zebbuga.

bzar u melh

2 sinniet tewm imqatghin

400gr bott polpa mayor

100gr zebbug iswed bl-ghadma

30gr kappar

habaq imqatgha zghir

naghniegh imqatgha zghir

dada tal-hut ma 100ml ilma ma’ ilma fietel

ftit bzar u melh

Method

Sahhan tagen sew u zid iz-zejt . Gerbeb il-lampuki go l-ismid u wara aqlihom fiz-zejt taz-zebbuga,

Zid il-bzar u il-melh u ftit meraq tal-lumi. Zid il-kunserva u il-polpa mayor u l-istokk tal-hut u halli itektek ghal ftit hin . Wara itfa’ iz-zebbug, il-kappar , il-habaq u in-naghniegh.

Tista tuza il- fried lampuki mal- patata il- forn mixwija bil-lumi marinate bil-hall u it-tewm

Noti : Poggi il-hut go (floxx) (net) li tista tigbor ix xewk iktar malajr tal-huta.

Il-lampuka hija huta versali hafna . Tista tuza mal-patata il-forn mixwija bil-lumi jew imarinata bil-hall u it-tewm

Fish soup


Ingredients

2 basliet imqatghin

2 tewm hodor imqatghin roti jew 6 tewm

Mgharfa zejt taz-zebbuga

ftit merdqux imqatta’ irqiq

ftit habaq frisk imqatta irqiq

ftit naniegh imqatgha

mgharfa three hills kunserva

hut ghal aljotta

dada tal-hut

2 litri ilma

4 patatiet imqaxrin u shah

melh u bzar

400gr bott mayor pelati

Method

Go borma qalli il-basla u it-tewm fiz-zejt taz-zebbuga u wara il-haxix.

Il-polpa mayor u three hills kunserva, il-hut u l-istokk. Itfa’ il- patata u hallih itektek ghal madwar 45minuti sakemm il- hut ikun sar . Tista isservi ftit ross mgholli ma din ir-ricetta. Nehhi ix- xewk.

Pasta with smoked salmon and rocket parcels


Ingredients

400gr spirals pasta or twist

4 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2teasepoon sugar

200gr packed smoked salmon , torn into sprigs

2 large spring onions

ground black pepper

large handful rocket parcels

Method

Cook the pasta in boiling salted water and while whisk together the oil, lemon juice and some salt and pepper . Drain the pasta, return to the pan and add the dressing , smoked salmon tomatoes and onions . Toss it all together then stir through the rocket parcels. Divide between 4 bowls and sprinkle with black pepper .

If sprinkle cold the pasta into a colander and rinse under cold water. Drain well then stir in the rest of the ingredients

Bakewell tart


Ingredients serve 8

ghagina helwa

150gr margerina

100gr zokkor

50gr lewz imfarrak bicciet kbar

150gr dqiq

method

Jekk se tuza il-mixer. ir-rizultat jigi l-istess. . Fil-bieqja tal-mixer poggi il-margerina u iz-zokkor. Haddem tajjeb sakemm il-margerina tigi qisha krema u iz-zokkor ma jibqax jinhass. Zid il-bajd wahda wahda.

Zid l-intrita , id-dqiq u il-lewz . Hawwad kollox sakemm l-ingredienti kollha jithaltu sew. . Nehhi it-tahlita tal-mixer u poggieha go dixx tal-forn. Meta tkun ksejt id-dixx bl-ghagina idlek bil-gamm u ferrex it- tahlita tal-lewz.

Jekk se taghmel l-istrixxi tal-ghagina trid tidlikhom trid tidlikhom bil- bajda imhabta qabel ma isajjar it- torta. Sajjar il-forn f’ temperatura, gas no 4 ghal madwar 45/55 minuta.

Nota: Jekk tiggosta tista izid ftit konfettura u cirasa mqatghin irqaq hafna . Inti u izidhom trid thawwad b’ imgharfa ta l-injam.

Swiss sliced pear bread


Ingredients

500gr plain flour

half tablespoon each ground cloves

1 tablespoon yeast

60gr dried peas and chopped stemed

50ml tablespoon brandy

Method

Sift the flour spice into a large bowl and stir in the sugar and yeast .

Stir in the sugar and yeast .

Return the dough to the washed dried and a greased bowl . While the dough is rising put and fig to the pan pour on the kirsch or brandy and add just to barely cover . Bring the fruit to the boil , lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes . When the dough is size to turn it until . Take a smaller piece of dough in size to turn it down punch it and kneald it for a few minutes to make sure the fruit is evenly distributed .

Take a smaller piece of dough and roll it until large enough to enclose the fruity dough completely . Roll out it lightly and transfer to a well greased loaf tin 240cm long cover and leave to proof until doubled in size . Brush with melted butter and bake in a 180/c for 45minutes or until rizen and golden . Turn out on a rock and tie a ribbon around the loaf when cool .

Canga bil-birra


Ingredients

2 imgharef zejt taz- zebbuga

Ftit butir

700gr canga ta l-istuffat maqsuma f’bicciet

Mgharfa dqiq

Basla imqatgha

320ml pint birra

werqa randa

4 karotti mqaxra u maqsuma f’bicciet

900gr brodu tac-canga.

Worchester sauce . ferrex ftit sewwa

4 patatiet imdaqsa u maqsuma bicciet .

200gr mushrooms zghir

ponn tursin imqatta irqiq .

Method

Sahhan il-forn fuq gas no 5 180/c jekk ikun bil-(fan 160/c) . Sahhan iz-zejt u il-butir f’kazzola kbira u tista dahlu fil-forn . Itfa il-laham ftit ftit u sajjar ghal ftit minuti sakemm jiehu il-kulur kanella thalliehx jinharaq.

Itfa il-laham ftit ftit u itfa iktar laham halli jinqela . Zid iz-zejt jekk ikun hemm bzonn . Zid il- karotti u hawwad ghal ftit minuti fuq nar bati ghal ftit minuti imbaghad itfa il- kunserva u hawwad ghal minuta ohra .

.Itfa il- birra ghalli in-nar u halli it-tahlita tbaqbaq ghal 4 minuti . Itfa il- brodu tac- canga u hallih jibda jaghli , baxxi in-nar biex it- tahlita ttektek bil-mod zid il-laham flimkien mal worchesire sauce , il-patata u il-mushrooms .

Poggi l- ghatu fuq il- kazzola u dahhal fil- forn iccekjah . WAra siegha u jek tara li xxotta zid ftit mishun jekk ikun hemm bzonn.Kompli ahmi ghal madwar siegha ohra. Ferrex ftit tursin fil-wicc .