Ingredienti

250gr butir , kiesah

250gr zokkor

3 bajdiet

250gr dqiq plain (ftit aktar biex tiftah l- ghagina )

Ghal mili

500 lewz mithun

500gr zokkor

ftit ilma

1 tsp essenza tal-lewz

metodu

L- ewwel hawwad il- butir u id-dqiq b’ idejk( sakemm jigi qishom frak tal-hobz )

F’ kontenitur iehor hawwad il- bajd iz- zokkor u il- qxur tal- laring u il- lumija u hawwad kollox mit- tahliqa tad- dqiq . Ghaffeg kollox b’ idejk sakemm tifforma ghagina (taghginx izejjed). Aghti l- ghagina sew u hallieha tistrieh fil- frigg ghal madwar nofs siegha .

Hawwad iz- zokkor u il- lewz u itfa ftit ilma sakemm taghqad . fl- ahhar zid l- essenza tal lewz Fl- ahhar zid l- essenza tal- lewz daqsxejn trid tigi daqsxejn .

Biex il- forn sa 200/c . ifrex ftit dqiq fuq bank nadif u ibda iftah l- ghagina daqs 2 hxuna u aqta l- forma li tixtieq .

Fuq naha minnhom ifrex il- mili tal- lewz u halli ftit bordura . Idlek ftit ilma mat- tarf halli tehel l- ghagina tal- wicc u ghafaskemm kemm it- trufijiet ta l- ghagina flimkien . itfaghhom fuq pjanca u thalli daqsxejn spazju bejn wahda u l- ohra

Ahmihom ghal madwar 18-20minutes sakemm jiehu kulur hamrani. zejjinhom il- cikkulata jew gelu .

ingredienti

200gr lewz mithun

2 gr bastun tal- kannella mithun

5ml ilma zahar

50gr abjad tal- bajd

ftit qxur mahkuk tal- mandolin / lumi

200frak tal- gallettini

200zokkor

10kokotina skura

2 imsiemer tal- qronfol mithun

Hawwad flimkien il-lewz, il,-frak tal-gallettini , iz-zokkor kokotina il-hwawaru il-bajd iebes, il- qxur tac- cidru sakemm jithalltu flimkien . Wara zid l- ilma zahar , l-abjad tal-bajd u il-bajd bicciet tal- ghagina zghar u ibda hawwad sakemm ikollok konsistenza ta ‘ ghagina . Qatta bicciet ta’ ghagina irrombla b’ idejk (mhux hafna) u b’ sikkina sajjar il- wicc wahda kontra l- ohra.

Dawn jigu mdelka bi ftit golden syrup msahhan u tferrex ftit frak tal- lewzfil- wicc u thallihom joqoghdu ftit qabel ma’ tigborom .

Din ir- ricetta tista tinhadem kemm bl-idejn u kemm mixer tal- kcina sabiex ma jinxfux u ma jibbisux nirakomanda li jigu merfugha f’ kontenitur li ikun bil- ghatu la darba jkunu keshu sewwa.

Ingredients

5 bananiet imdaqsa msajrin

2 kikri oats mill-irqiq

Kikra butir tal-karawett

Jew butir ta’ lewz iehor

Kikra chocolate chips skuri

Method

Sahhan il-forn f’temperatura ta 180 °celcius.

Idlek dixx tal-hobz bi ftit buir jew zejt u iksi il-qiegh u il-gnub bil-karta tal-forn . 

Poggi il-banana l-oats u il-butir tal-karawett go blender jew food processor.  Haddem kollox sew sakemm ikollok tahlita lixxa. Zid ic-chocolate chips.. Ferra it- tahlita go dixx.Jekk trid tista tqatta ftit roti tal-banana rqaq fil-wicc u ferrex xi ftit chocolate chips. Ahmi ghal madwar 30 minuta.Dejjem iccekja jekk ikun sar bill-idahhal skewer jew fic-centru tal-kejk / hobza. Meta ikun kiesah sew aqla il- kejk minn god-dixx bil-mod biex ma jitfarrakx . Zomm fil-frigg minhabba il-banana .

Ingredients

5 eggs separated

175gr gluten free plain flour

One and a half tablespoons  gluten free baking powder

Pinch of salt

150ml semi skimmed milk

1 tablespoon oil for oiling

70gr flaked almonds toasted

60ml agave syrup

100ml blueberries

Method

Mix the egg yolks with the flour baking powder and salt . Stir in the milk .

Whisk the egg whites and delicately fold them into the mixture until well combined

Heat the oil in a heavy based flying pan and drop spoonfulls of the batter into the hot pan . heat for about 1 minute or until bubbles starts to form , and use a spatula to turn over and cook the other side . remove the pancakes from the pan and keep them warm in the oven

Serve the pancakes topped with the almonds agave syrup and blueberries .

Variation

If you have a sweet tooth add a dash of vanilla essence to the batter of the heavy vanilla pancakes .

Ingredients serve 2 .

1*400coconut milk

¼ ground nutmeg

½ vanilla pod

100gr quinua

One and one half tablespoon light honey

1 large banana

25gr unsalted butter

25gr soft brown sugar

Pinch of salt

25gr coconut flakes toasted

1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Method

Pour 300ml coconut milk into a medium – zised pan over a low heat . add the nutmeg and vanilla pod and bring to a simmer . add the quinua bring to the boil and cook for 10-15 minutes.

Lower the heat , stir through the honey and simmer . add the quinua , bring to the boil and cook for a further 5 minutes .

Remove from the heat and take out the vanilla pod . stir through the remaining milk and leave covered while you halve the banana lenghtways , then halve again .

Place a medium sized pan over a medium- sized frying pan over a high heat and melt the butter and brown sugar with the salt until the mixture starts to foam . add the sliced banana and fry it gently on both sides for 3-4 minutes or until the banana starts to brown and become caramelized

Spoon the porridge into 2 bowls and top with the banana toasted flakes and sesame seeds . serve immediately .

Ingredients serve 4.

1 tablespoon light olive oil

2 garlic cloves chopped

8 chiken tights boneless skin removed cut in bite sized pieces

700ml chicken stock

2 tablespoon plain flour

1 star anaise

1 cinnamon stick

2 celery stick , sliced

2 large carrots peeled into 1,5cubes

300ml small new potatoes scubbed and halved

2 tablespoons finely chopped

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

Heat the oil in a wide frying pan over a medium heat add the onion , garlic , and chiken and stir fry for 2-3 minutes meanwhile pour the stock into the saucepan and fry for 2-3 minutes. Meanwhile pour the stock into the saucepan and bring to the boil . stir the flour into the chiken and gradually add to the hot stock . stir in the mustard star anaise cinnamon, celery , carrots and potatoes . bring to the boil cover and reduce the heat  to medium.

Cook for 20 minutes uncover , increase the heat and cook for 5 minutes or until the chiken is cooked through the vegetables are tender . stir in the soya beans and cook for 3 minutes season well and stir in tarragon. Serve immediately into four bowls serve hot .,

Ingredients serve 4 .

2 lime juices only

2 garlic clove crushed

4 tablespoon olive oil

1 heaped teaspoon crushed

1 teasepoon chilli flakes

1 teasepoon brwn sugar

4 chiken tights bonelesss skin removed

Flaked sea salt and freshly ground pepper for the cipolla crema

2 cipolates adobo () chiken

2 tablespoon soured cream

1 lime juice

For the pico de gallo salsa

2 large ripe tomatoes ½ onion finely chopped

1 green serrano or japalpeno chilli finelty chopped

for the gracamole 1 green jalapeno or serrano chilli desceededand finely chopped ½ small onion finely chopped

1 lime juice only .

Small handfull fresh coriander roughly chopped

To serve

½ lettuce shreaded

150gr long grain rice white

4 tablespoon soured cream

4 large flour tortillas

4 tablespoon grated mozzarella

method

To make the chiken mix the lime juice, garlic , oil , oregano , chilli , sugar and salt and pepper and placee in the fridge for abour 2 hours.

Meanwhile to make the cipolla cream mix the onion and a pinch of salt and set aside

To make the pico de gallo mix all the ingredients with 1 teasepoon of salt in a bowl and set aside .

To make the glacemole pound the chilli into the pestle and marmar with the onion and ¼ teasepoon of salt in the lumpy paste . add the avocado and break up freshly with a fork . the result shold be lumpy not smooth. Stir in the lime juice over a high heat and cook the chiken tights without the marinade until brouned and sealed

Add the marinade to the pan cover with a lid and cook fifteen minutes or until the chiken is cooked through as the juices run clear . slice the chiken into stripes . divide the tortillas beetween four plates , with the rice, chiken sauces and lettuce.

Fold up the bottom of each tortillas , then fold the side and roll to container the filling , cut in half and serve .

Ingredients serve 6 .

5 large eggs , seperted

Pimnch of salt

1 tbsp pure dark caocao powder

40gr caster sugar

50gr unsalted butter melted and cooled slightly

250gr semi – skimmed milk

225gr gluten free plain flour

1 tablespoon oil for brushing

To serve

150gr greek style yougourt

200gr fresh rasberries

6 tablespoon runny honey

method

 1 You will need on 7 inch round waffle  make for for this receipe  

2, Place the egg yolks cacoa and sugar in a medium – sized bowl well with a wooden . stir in the butterv. Slowly beat in the milkuntil it is fully incorporated . gradually add the the flour until you have a thicker batter  

3, in a seperate bowl , whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form and gently in the batter . Gently combine the mixture .

4, Heat the  waffle maker according to manufactures ‘s intructions . Brush the iron with the olive and spoon the mixture in . do not  overfill . cook for 4-5 minutes and serve topped overfill . cook for 4-5 minutes and serve topped with yougourt , rasberies and honey .

Ingredients

1 pork shanks

25gr chocolate dark fondente

1 tablespoon caocao

4 juniper berries 1 tablespoon five spice powder

1 teasepoon cinnamon

Few mint leaves

Few sage leaves

1 carrot diced

1 tin both salt and ppepper

Extra virgin olive oil

Method

Seal shanks and put ingredients in slow cooker and simmer for 4 hours.

Combine all the ingredients together . roll out the sweet pastry about 0,5cm thick and cut with a round cutter and press it to the mould carefully . Preheat the oven to 180degrees celcius gas mark 4 . Spread the jam into the bottom.  Spoon the treckle filling and place four to six peacans on top .

Reduce the oven to 150°C gas mark 2.  For about 20-30 minutes depending on tart sise. For the chocolate moose; bring the cream to the boil . pour it on the chocolate and whisk by a blender until all the chocolate melts. . set aside and cool down. Whip the cream until soft peaks form then fold the chocolate mixture into the cream

Refrigerate for about one and a  half hours scoop out the chocolate moose on to each tart and decorate with golden leaf .

Ingredients

Treckle filling

 1 tablespoon rasberry jam .

Small quantity sweet pastry chocolate moose

For the treckle filling

300gr golden syrup

85gr fresh whiite breadcrumbs

60gr ground almond

200gr dark chocolate

200gr whipped cream

Method

Combine all the ingredients together . roll out the sweet pastry about 0,5cm thick and cut with a round cutter and press it to the mould carefully . Preheat the oven to 180degrees celcius gas mark 4 . Spread the jam into the bottom.  Spoon the treckle filling and place four to six peacans on top .

Reduce the oven to 150°C gas mark 2.  For about 20-30 minutes depending on tart sise. For the chocolate moose; bring the cream to the boil . pour it on the chocolate and whisk by a blender until all the chocolate melts. . set aside and cool down. Whip the cream until soft peaks form then fold the chocolate mixture into the cream

Refrigerate for about one and a  half hours scoop out the chocolate moose on to each tart and decorate with golden leaf .

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  pistachoes . Add the chocolate dark fondant and serve hot or cold .

Ingredients

1/3 BBq sauce

1tspoon cajun sauce

1 tsp smoked paprika

½ Himalayan salt

1 ripe avocado

1 tbsp lime juice

Salt and pepper

3 wholegrain burger buns

1 cup purple cabbage

3 slices vegan cheese

2 ripe tomatoes

Method

Start with the jackfruit – drain the excess liquids from mthe packet . Using your hands seperate the jackfruit and spiceinto the fruit . Add the ½ cup Bbqto the mixture and mix well until evenly coated . Leave the whole mixture to marinate in the fridge for at least 1hour with baking paper Transfer the jackfruit to the oven and bake for around 40 minutes keeping a close watch and turning occasionally .

When it starts to dry up and the rest of the bbq sauce and mix again . Bake a setting for 120gr for another 20 minutes . When done , split the burgers buns in half into halves and toast on the hob . When done split the burgers buns into halves and toast off the bun and leave it to melt . Layer the tomato on the cheese BBQ jackfruit gramole and shreaded cabbage . Serve by itself or with the side salad .

Ingredients serve 6

180gr toasted almonds , chopped

180gr mixed canied peel preferable orange and lemon fruit, cubed

180 plain flour

1tspoon ground cinnamon

1 tspoon mixed spices, nutmeg , cloves aand aniseed . unsalted butter to cake pan

270gr honey

½ ground cinnamon mixed with

½ tbsp flour

Method

In a large bowl combine the almonds , canied peel , flour , cinnamon and mixed spice . Mix well. Preheat the oven to 180°Cline a 28cm can pan with oven paper and butter well. In a saucepan over a low heat , heat the honey into the flour mixture , blending for about 2 minutes Stir the hot honey into the flour mixture into a ball . Flatten the ball of dough evenly in the prepared pan . pour the cinnamon flour mixture into the sieve and shake it over the top of the cake . Bake the cake until golden brown for no longer than 20 minutes.   Remove the cake from the pan and let it cool on a wire rack . When cool peel over the oven paper and place on a platter . Any leftover cake can be stored in an airtight container .

Ingredients

Mgharfa zejt taz- zebbuga

Basla , sinna tewm, 300gr brokkoli

900gr stokk tal- haxix

300gr buckwheat

300gr flettijiet  tas-salamun

2 imgharef xibt (Dill)

Qoxra ta lumija mahkuka

2 imgharef greek jogort naturali

Melh u bzar

Metodu

Lahlah il-buckwheat taht l-ilma niezel . qatta l-basal u it-tewm. Sahhan mgharfa zejt f’ tagen u aqli il-basla u it-tewm fuq nar medju ghal 6-8 minuti sakemm jirtabu ftit . zid il- buckwheat u sajjar ghal minuta ohra u 2 kuccarini fl-istokk tal-haxix. Hallih itektek ghal 5 minuti u hawwad sakemm l- istokk kwazi inxtorob . imbaghad zid l-  istokk l- istess mod sakemm l- istokk jifdallek kuccarun wiehed biss Dan il- process jiehu 25 minuta .

Qatta is- salamun , zid is- salamun u il- kumplament tal- istokk fit- tagen fit- tagen u hallih itektek ghal 2 minuti . Hu hsieb li is- salamun huwa msajjar u il- buckwheat ikun tari

Qatta il-brokkoli fi fjuri zghar > Sajjar il- brokkoli fl- ilma sakemm isiru Saffihom fl- ilma u zidhom mal- buckwheat , flimkien ma xibt il- qoxra ta’ lumija mfarka u il- yougourt . Hawwar bil- melh u il- bzar u servi.

Ingredients

1.25 onions

100gr butter

200gr dry cider

1 teasepoon cider vinegar

2 tablespoons soft light brown sugar

35 currants

Small loaf maltese bread crunts removed anf roughly torn

1 tablespoon olive oil

Small bunch of parsley very finely chopped

Method

Finely slice the onions , heat the butter in a large saucepan and fry the onions gently uncovered with a pinch of salt , the sage and the bay leaf for 30 minutes or until very soft and folden stir occasionally to stop them from sticking to the pan . turn up the heat under the onions and add the onins cider vinegar , brown sugar and currants , boil for 15minutes until reduced and sticky, season to taste and transfer to an ovenproof serving dish , keep warm in the oven covered the foil and fry the maltese bread croutons for 3-4 minutes stairring frequently until golden toss with the parsley and scatter over the onions and serve

Ingredients

500gr fusilli

300gr desalted cod

100pitted black olives 3 firm salad tomatoes

Salt

For the romesco sauce

1 roast tomato

3 roast of garlic

A handfull of toasted hazelnuts

The flesh of a blached nora dried red pepper

A slice of fried bread a dash of vinegar

100ml extra virgin olive oil

Flake the raw cod and put by .

Method

Cut the olives into thin stripes and put by . cut a cross in the bottom of each tomato blanched for 30 seconds in boiling water and then plunch into cold water. Peel the tomatoes , remove the seeds and cut into cubes. To make the rumesco sauce simply gring the blend all the ingredients together .Bake the tomatoes and garlic on an oven tray with a little borges olive oil at 180for about 20 minutes . boil the pasta as indicated on the packet . stain and mix with the romesco making sure all the pasta is coated with the sauce. Finish off with the flaked, tomato cubes and sliced olives tips .

If you don’t have time to do the romesco sauce mediterrean use a readymade mediterrean dessing instead . Salads are one of the most versile meals round since can’t together instead of cod for a fresh twist try an oriental dressing .

ingredients

1 kg chicken wings tips removed

2 celery stick chopped

700ml chiken stock 

2 tablespoon cornflour

3 tablespoon white wine vinegar or rice vinegar . 3 tablespoon dark soy sauce

5 tablespoon chilli sauce

55gr light brown sugar

400gr canned pineapple chunks in juice drained

200gr canned sliced bamboo shoots drained and rinsed

1 green pepper and thinly sliced

½ red pepper desceeded and thinly sliced

Salt

Steamed pork choi to serve

Method

Put the chicken in a slow cooker and season to taste and salt. Pour in the stock cover and cover on low for 5 hours . Drain the chiken wings reserving 350ml of the stock and keep warm . Put the reserved stock into a saucepan and stir in the cornflour . add the vinegar soy

Put the chicken in a slow cooker and season to taste and salt. Pour in the stock cover and cover on low for 5 hours .

Drain the chiken wings reserving 350ml of the stock and keep warm . Put the reserved stock into a saucepan and stir in the cornflour . add the vinegar soy sauce and chilli sauce . Cook stairring for 5 minutes or until the sugar has disolved completely and the sauce is thicked smooth and clear .

Reduce the heat stir in the pineapple bamboo and peppers and simmer gently for 2-3 minutes . Add the chiken wings and mix until they are through coated , then transfer to warmed serving bowls . serve immediately with pork. Steamed pork choi to serve .

Ingredients

450gr Guarda cheese coarsely grated

225gr cooked chiken breasts, diced

225ml sour cream

3 spring onions to garish

chopped fresh coriander

tortilla chips to serve

Method

Put the cheese, chicken and salsa in the slow cooker, stir to mix well, cover and cook on low for 2 hours. Stir in the sour cream, re-coverand cook on high for a furthur for 20 minutes until heated through. Serve hot garished with spring onions and coriander and tortilla chips for dipping.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegtable soup,

1 onion diced,

1 tbsp chilli powder,

1 tsp salt

,1 tbsp ground cumin

2 tbsp tomato puree,

850ml chiken stock ,

400gr canned chopped tomatoes ,

1green chilli diced deseeded and finely chopped

450gr bone in skinless chiken tights

40gr tortilla chips broken into small pieces

+ extra to serve,

1 ripe avokado diced chopped

fresh coriander ,

1 lime cut in wedges

method

Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium high heat . Add the onion and cook medium high heat . Add the onion and cook stir occasionally for about 5  minutes until soft .

Add the chilli powder,salt,cumin and tomato puree and cook stairing and scrapping up any brown bits from the base of the pan and bring to the boil stairring and scraping up and brown bits from the basev of the pan .

Transfer the mixture to a slow cooker . add the  remaining stock , the tomatoes , chilli chiken and tortilla chips, then cover and cook on high for about 4 hours or low for 8 hours until the chiken is cooked through and very tender. Lift out the chiken using a spotted spoon remove and discard the bones and shread the meat. Remove the chiken to slow cooker cover and heat for 5 minutes until heated through. Serve immediately accompanied the wedges and tortilla chips.

Ingredients

1 onion diced

2 celery stick , diced

1 kg oven ready chiken

700gr pints hot chiken stock

115gr dried chiken taghliatelle

Salt and pepper

2 tablespoon chopped fresh dill +extra to garish .

Method

1.Place the onion , celery and carrots in a slow cooker , season the chiken all over and place the top.
Pour the stock over . cover and cook on low for 5 hours.

2. Leaving the juices in a slow cooker, carefully lift out the chiken and remove the meat from the carcass , discarding the bones and skin . cut the meat into bite- sized pieces .
   3.sSkim the excess fat from the juices, then return the chiken to a slow cooker . turn the setting to high .
   4.Bring a large saucepan of light salted water to the boil. Add the pasta, bring back to the boil and cook for 8-10 minutes or until tender but still firm to the bite. Drain, add to a slow cooker and stir well.
3. Add the dill to the soup and stir well. Cover and cook on high heat for 20 minutes . Garish with extra and serve imediately .
   Variation
   The receipe can be adopted to use wheather vegtables are in season . You can also vary the type of pasta used , for an equal delicious winter warmer .