Medevial Tart de Bry


Ingredients

Pinch of safron filaments

350short pastry

250 soft mild Brie or similar cheese, rind removed .

250 gr cream cheese , ricotta or mascarpone

3 tablespoon honey

75 gr demarara sugar

5 tablespoon milk

3 eggs

Method

Soak  the saffron for 20 minutes in a tablespoon of hot water .

Roll out the pastry – a line 25 centimeter rimmed pie tart .

Use the trimmings to decorate the rim with pastry leaves a plait , if liked . Bake blind for 20 minutes .

Put the Brie in the bowl and mix through with soft cheese  . for the rick tart use , mascarpone for something less rick use ricotta . The ideal is propable mixture or both . melt the honey with the milk and safron liquid with the cheese and beat in the eggs .

Pour the mixture into the pie dish & bake in a preheated ovenat gas mark 5 190degrees celcius 375F.

For 15 minutes and turn it down to gas mark 3 170 degrees celcius for a further than 20 minutes or so .

Serve warm or cold with a little icing sugar .

And with or without cream  

Spanish Coca


Ingredients serve 8

500gr plain flour

2 or 3 baking flour

225ml water

6 large red peppers  Roasted , peeled and seeded

Gozo salt

Freshly ground black pepper.    

Method

Mix the flour, baking powder water and olive oil in a food processor to a fairly sticky dough . With greased hands , pat on a greased baking sheet and flatten .

Top with well seasoned roasted , peeled julienned of red pepper . Bake for 20 minutes at 200degrees celcius gas mark 6 , and serve warm . Because of the texture of the dough the coca is very easy to cut up , even the pastry cutters for canapes .

Cook ‘s note

The Coca can be garished with olives and topped with another than red pepper , such as aubergine or courgettes for a mixture of different peppers and tomatoes .

  La Tarte Renversee’


Serve 6 to 8

Ingredients

125gr unsalted butter , softened

50gr gr for the caramel

250gr plain flour

1 egg yolk

25gr custer sugar

Up to 75 iced water

8 apples depending on size peeled and quartered

Method

Make a well in the flour on a work ,top and it put the butter , egg and sugar . Gradually work the ingredients together and add just sufficient water to blind the pastry . do niot overwork it, and if you prefer ,make the pastry in a food processor . Melt about 50 gr unsalted butter in a heavy frying pan that you can can put in the oven , or a deep cake tin you can put on the stove and sprinkle in about the same quantity of sugar . Let the sugar dissolve and then arrange the apples in a pan , placing them slightly as they will shrink during cooking .

Rol out the pastry to slightly larger than the pan . Lay the pastry over the apples tucking it down inside the pan .

Put in a preheated oven at 180 degrees celcius at 200 gas mark 6 for about 40 minutes . check that that the apples are nicely golden and caramelized and carefully remove the pan over the oven . Place a serving plate over the pie and turn it over so that the apples are now facing up .

Ghagin bil-pesto,  fazola hadra u patata


Ingredienti

400gr linguine jew spagetti ismar

300gr fazola hadra

1 tazza pesto

¼ gbejna mahkuka

¼ tazza lewz pine mixwijin, jekk trid

Metodu

Sajjar l-ghagin skond il-pakett . Saffi, Zid il- fazola u sajjar sakemm jirtabu madwar 5 minuti . Zid il-fazola b’passatur. Hallihom joqoghdu ftit . Qatta’ il- fazola f’ biccie ta’ pulzier . Poggi l-ghaginfi skutella kbira u zid il- fazola hadra , gbejna u lewz pine (jekk se tuzohom ) Hawwad kollox f’ daqqa.

Merluzz bl-inbid


isservi 2 persuni.

Ingredienti

400gr merluzz

2 basal imqatghin

4 tadamiet imqaxxrin u mqatghin

200gr inbid abjad

½ kuccarina menta

½ kuccarina habaq

Metodu

Sajjar sautee’ il-basal u zid it-tadam . Zid l-inbid maz- zalza. Zid il-hut u sajjar sakemm jigi tari. Zid il-habaq u il-menta fl-ahhar tat-tisjira        

Healthy pork pulled burgers


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 the packet . Using your hands seperate the jackfruit and spiceinto the fruit . Add the ½ cup bq to 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 120 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 granola and shredded cabbage . Serve by itself or with the side salad .

It-trab tal-bicarbonat ghodda tajba fid-dar.


Fil- kcina

Kontrta it-tbajja tat-te u il-cafe . Imla il-maggijiet tahlita ta’ bicarbonate ma 2 partijiet ilma hallihom il-lejl kollu jixxarbu . Fil-ghodu battal u ahsel sew .

Inehhi l-irwejjah mil-kontenituri ta l-ikel . Halli ghal matul il-lejl. imla il- kontenitur bil- bicarbonat u l-ilma Halli ghal matul il-lejl. sa fil- ghodu ir- riha tkun telqert .

Ferrex ftit bicarbonater of soda imla bil- mishun u hallihom jixxarbu mal- lejl . Fil- ghodu ahsel il- borom Inehhi l-ikel mahruq mil-qiegh tal-borom .

Inaddaf il- petne u il- brushes bi ftit ilma bil-bicarbonat.

Inehhi il- marki tal- crayons minn makl- hitan . Aghmel tahlita b’ dozi inqas ta’ bicarbonat u ilma biex tohloq bhala paste . Poggi ftit minn din it- tahlita mal- hajt hallieha tinxef (din ahjar li tuza zebgha tal- kulur taz-zebgha tista titlaq xi ftit ).

GHat- twapet li ikollhom riha tinten . Ferrex ftit bicarbonat ghal 15 il- minuta . imbaghad ghaddi bil- vacum cleaner

it-toothpaste u sugerimenti utli


  1. inehhi il-marki tal-crayons . poggi ftit toothpaste mal-hajt fejn ikun hemm it-thazziz tal-crayons . imsah it- tebgha bicca niedja . lahlah bl- ilma u it- tebgha ghandha titlaq
  2. ifewwah idejk . ma tistax tnehhi ir-riha tat-tewm minn ma idejk . Ahsilhom bit- toothpaste u ara l- effett .
  3. GHAndek dvd mibrux Jekk ghandek xi barxa hafifa aqbad bicca tajjara ghamel ftit toothpastde u oghrok bil- mod Imsah kollox bi ftit ilma min- naha ta gewwa tac- cd ghal barra .
  4. IL- googles tal- ghawm . idellek il- googles minn gewwa bit- toothpaste . Imsahhom u suppost jigu ileqqu daqs il-kristall
  5. Jekk ikollok xi harqa tal-forn jew hraqt subajk bil-burners . Aghmel it-toothpaste u itaffilek l-ugieh.
  6. Minflok tuza hafna detergenti qawwija biex tahsel il-kamra tal-banju aghmel tahlita ta’ hallu 1/3 sapun tal-platti.
  7. Meta taghmel it-tacos poggi il-gobon qabel il-laham. Meta jinhall ma ihallix il-laham ixarrab it-tacos bil-gravy tieghu .
  8. Ixrob il-meraq tal-pineapple biex tipreveni l-irjihat u tajjeb ukoll kontra is-soghla.
  9. Id- dulliegh jghinek izomm il-gilda tieghek b’ sahitha
  10. Jekk ghandek gidma ta’ nemusa poggi fuqha imgharfa msahna u il- hruq ghandu itaffi .
  11. Ghal waqt il-barbiecueuza tray tal- muffins biex fih iservi is- sauces nli se iservi l- ikel
  12. Dawn li gejjin huma rimedji b’ ingredienti naturali kontra l- ugieh fi grismejk b’ mod naturali .
  13. Hallat 2 kuccarini ghasel 2 imgharef hall abjad jew tat-tuffieh , meraq tal-lumi. ftit trab tal- kannella ma’ 2 tazzi ilma fietel . ixrob it-tahlita.
  14. Ghamel kuccarina cayenne pepper , kuccarina melh u kuccarina imsiemer tal-qronfol. Hu 1/4 ta’ kuccarina minn din it-tahlita u igargarizza biha . attent li ma tmissiex ma xuftejk minhabba il- bzar jahraq hafna .
  15. Sahhan kikra halib . zid 1/2 kuccarina trab tal-kannellau 1/2 kuccarina trab tal- ginger . zid ukoll 2 kuccarini ghasel ixrob ftit ftit .

Chocolate cake


Ingredients

250 pitted dates

90ml expresso cofee

80gr polenta

180ml vegetable oil

1*400tin red kidney beans drained

(Reserve120ml of the liquid of the batter)

80gr coacao powder

2 tablespoons vanilla bean paste

2 tablespoons (gluten free) baking powder

1 teasepoon sea salt

for the icing

2 very ripe avocados

4 tablespoon coacao powder

4 tablespoon carob syrup

some blue berries to decorate

50gr dark chocolate , grated

Method

Preheat the oven to 200/c. gas 6 . Line in a 21cm cake tin with baking paper . Roughly chop the dates , place in a small heatproof bowl , then pour over the hot coffee , put into a food processor and blend the dates , add the rest for the cake and blend until the mixture is a perfectly smooth ; transfer the mixture in a prepared cake tin and smooth the top with a spoon ; bake for 30minutes ; when tested with a skewer , it should sill comes out wet , leave to cool in the tin for 10minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool. To make the icing , scoop the avocadoes out of their skins and the cocoa and carob syrup , taste and add more syrup to your liking . When ready to serve , translate the cake to a serving plate and using a palette knife , spread the icing over the top ; decorate with the blueberries . and finish with the grated chocolate.

Pasta salad


Ingredients

240gr whole grain pasta

200gr mushrooms

1 red pepper

200Aubergines sliced

1 tablespoon fresh pesto

200gr cherry tomatoes halves

fresh spinach

Roasted pumpkin and sunflower seeds

Goat cheese shaving

Method

Boil pasta . drain and add the pesto , cherry tomatoes and mushrooms . Cook on low heat for a minute or two

Add the roasted vegetables fresh spinach and seeds . Serve immediately with goat cheese shavings on top

Froga tar-ross


Ingredients

Method

2 ki,kri ross imsajjar

2 zalzettiet mit- twal imqatghin f’ dadi zghar

80gr perzut imqatta irqiq

tad\ama kbira imqatgha f’ dadi

basla imqatgha f’ dadi zghar

nofs kikra halib

nofs kikra dqiq

3 bajdiet imhabta

kuccarina melh

kuccarina bzar iswed mithun

kuccarina trab taz- zaghfran

kuccarina oregano

mgharfa chives mqatgha fina

mgharfa butir

Poggi ir- ross go skutella kbira

zid ir-ross maz-zalzett, il-perzut, it-tadama, il-basla, il-bajd, il-halib , il- bzar , iz- zaghfran , l- oregano u ic- cavella u hawwad sew flimkien

Zid id-dqiq fuq nar baxx u hawwad sew.

Go tagen fuq nar baxx , ixhet il-butir u x’hin jinhall zid it-tahlita Ghatieha u hallieha isir .

DAwwarha u sajarha min-naha l-ohra

Pancakes ghal kolazjon


Ingredients

250 dqiq self raising

3 bajdiet

2 qatta vanilla

kuccarina ghasel

butir tal-karawett

banana , lewz, ghasel

frott niexef bhal zbib , etc.

Method

GHarbel id-dqiq go go skutella kbira . Habbat il-bajd go skutella ohra . Zid il-bajd u hawwad kollox flimkien sakemm it-tahlita tigi lixxa . Zid il-vanilla . Hawwad u halli it-tahlita toqoghod ghal 10 minuti.

Sahhan tagen non stick . Itfa daqs. Sahhan tagen non stick . Itfa daqs 2 imgharef mit-tahlita sakemm tifforma id-daqs li tixtieq int . IL-pancakes ghandhom jigu miftuhin stil American .

Imla bil-buir tal-karawett u imla il-vanilla barra u imla l-vanilla b’ tahlita li jogbok .

Jekk ma triduhomx helwin l- vanilla barra u imla b’ tahlita li jogbok , per ezempju xi ricotta u gobon , hwawar , perzut jew xi bicca salamun affumikat .

Suggurimenti utli


  • Meta tixtri ghanqud banana ifred il-banana wahda minn ma l-ohra biex ma isirux hafna f’daqqa
  • Geswer bicciet tal-gobon bil-foil biex idum aktar u ma jimmuffax malajr
  • Meta taqli il-kapuljat, zid daqs kuccarina ilma biex tghin tixrob ftit mix- xaham
  • Biex l-omlette tigi izjed ricca , zid mal-bajd 2 imgharef krema jew gobon artab . Jekk ghandek toghma qawwija ta’ tewm zid it-tewm l-ahhar haga fir ricetta u jekk ma tridiex daqshekk qawwija itfghu l-ewwel haga.
  • Meta tixtri bott frosting habbtu bil- beaker biex jirdopja fil-qies.
  • uza bicca tajjara mxarba biex tigbor il-hgieg li ikun imkisser.
  • Jekk se tkejjel xi haga idellek bhal ghasel fil-kikra jew kuccarina xarrab il- kontenitur fil- mushun halli l-ghasel ma jehilx .
  • Jekk ghalaqt envelope u tiftakar li trid idahhal xi karta poggih ghal saghtejn fil- friza u jerga jinfetah minghajr ma tqatghu.
  • Jekk ikollok hafna insetti fil- frott tas- sigar imla kontenitur bil- hall tat- tuffieh u zid 2 imgharef sapun tal-platti.
  • Waqt li tghalli il-bajd zid 1/2 kuccarina baking soda mal-ilma u il-qoxra ghandha tinqala’ facilment.

Ricetta hafifa ta malajr

Qatta 2 tuffihat go dixx tal-forn u fil-wicc qatta bictejn cikkulata li ikollha il- karawett maghha . ahmi ghal madwar kwarta forn moderat .

Helu tas-silenzju ta san Benedittu Abbati


Ingredienti

2 bajdiet imhabta

bajda ohra imhabta

200gr zokkor

2 tazzi inbid abjad

Qoxra ta lumija mahkuka

kuccarina baking powder

500gr dqiq

ftit ilma

Metodu

Hallat sew flimkien id-dqiq – il-baking powder , iz-zokkor u il-qoxra tal-lumija

Hallat sew iz-zewg bajdiet u l-inbid u zidhom mat-tahlita tad-dqiq.

Ifforma f’ghagna u zid ftit ilma jekk ikun hemm bzonn.

Halli l-ghagina tistrieh ghal siegha fil-frigg.

Hu bicciet mil- ghagina u ifforma strixxi hoxnin daqs seba’u ghamilhom forma ta’ s li ifisser silenzju

Ahmihom f’temperatura ta’ 180’c ghal madwar 20 minuta sa ma jihmaru

Ftira imhawra biz-zejt


Ingredienti

ftira maltija

tadam ta malta jew kunserva

zejt taz- zebbuga

landa tonn taz-zejt

mgharfa kappar

tliet zebbugiet morri

bicca basla

bicca gbejna tal-bzar

bzar iswed u habaq

Method

Aqsam il-ftira min-nofs. Dellek iz-zewg nahat bit-tadama jew bil-kunserva. Ferra ftit zejt taz- zebbuga fi platt . Bill il-ftira fiz-zejt.

Iftah il-landa tonn taz-zejtu nehhi iz-zejt . Farku go skutella . Mieghu zid il-kappar, imqatta irqiq , il- ġbejna il-bzar u il-habaq.

Imla il- ftira b’ din it- tahlita . kessah fil- frigg ghal madwar 30 minuta .

Medley ice cream


Ingredients for the cream

350 ml whole milk

150ml cream

75gr sugar

150ml dark chocolate

5 egg yolk

Strawberry ice- cream

300ml ice cream

200ml cream

100ml sugar

1 vanilla pod

6 egg yolks

550gr strawberries

vanilla ice cream

300ml whole milk

200ml cream

100ml sugar

2 vanilla pods

6 egg yolks

Method

Strawberry ice cream

Boil milk and cream pour on the whisk egg yolks and sugar . Add the chocolate and stain ice and churn. Vanilla ice cream

Same as vanilla ice cram but add the strawberries reduce the heat by half and stain . Serve as berry complote canned orange . zest and a chocolate cigar .

Shaved fennel and radish salad


Ingredients

2 fennel bulbs about 1lb to 5lb in total

10oz radishes

2 tablespoon roughly chopped parsley

Dressing

4 tablespoon lemon juice

2 tablespoon olive oil

salt and pepper

Method

Slice the fennel and radishes as thinly as possible on a mandolin or with a knife , reserving the fennel frauds for garishes . toss together in a large salad bowl with the parsley .

Chickpea pancakes with green and cheese


Ingredients

1/2 chickpea flour

3 tablespoon + 4 tablespoon olive oil divided

kosher salt

4 medium red onion thinly sliced

4 garlic cloves , smashed

1 cup brussels sprouts thinly sliced

1 small bunch Tuscan kale or other kale , ribs and stems removed thinly sliced .

2 tablespoon soy sauce +more for serving

4oz sharp cheadar coarsely grated plain yougourt for serving .

method

Preheat oven to 350’c . Whish chickpeas and 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoon cold water in a small bowl . whisk in 1 tablespoon oil and a pinch of salt Let at least 10 minutes and up one hour to allow flour to hydrate . Meanwhile heat 2 tablespoon oil in a large non stick over medium high . Add tossing occasionally until softened and lightly browned about 3 minutes . Add kale and cook tossing softened until tender about 3 minutes . add 2 teasepoon hot sauce and tossing well . Transfer to a medium bowl , wipe out skillet . Swirl 1 teasepoon oil in skillet to coat , heat over medium heat . pour over medium high . Pour 1/4 batter center to form a thin diameter pancake . Cook until well browned underneath and drizzle and crispy around edges about 2 minutes . flip pancake and cook just until second side is lightly browned about 1 minute . transfer to a rimmed baking sheet . Repeat process and remaing batter and 3 tablespoon oil to make 4 total . Divide vegetables between 2 pancakes . Bake until cheese is melted 6-8minutes . Serve topped with yogurt and more hot sauce.

Ham and Egg muffin


Ingredients

4 English muffins

4 eggs

125gr gaily mustard

30gr butter melted

2 green shallots chopped

8 sliced ham

1 teasepoon chopped fresh dill

1 cup sour cream

Method

Split muffin in half , scoop some of the bread from the middle of each muffin to form a cavity , sprinkle each with cheese . Lightly beat eggs with mustard , butter and shallots . pour over cheese in each muffin , top with a slice of ham . Arrange muffin halves around outside edge of turntable . cook on high 4 minutes , stand 2 minutes before serving . serve hot with combined dill and sour cream .