
30 traditional Maltese dishes
Discover 30 traditional Maltese dishes, from Bigilla and pastizzi to rabbit stew, lampuki pie, and almond sweets, grouped to help you plan a meal.
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Choose a collection to find recipes that belong together, whether you are planning a family lunch, making pastry for the first time, or revisiting a favourite Maltese dish. Each guide groups recipes by what you want to cook and helps you choose where to start.
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Discover 30 traditional Maltese dishes, from Bigilla and pastizzi to rabbit stew, lampuki pie, and almond sweets, grouped to help you plan a meal.
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Explore Maltese bread, ricotta and pea pastizzi, qassatat, savoury pies, and sweet pastries, with guidance on choosing your next baking project.
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Plan a Maltese Sunday lunch with Brodu, Ross il-Forn, Timpana, rabbit stew, Bragioli, and roast potatoes, grouped into starters, mains, and sides.
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Cook Maltese fish and seafood with recipes for Aljotta, fried lampuki, lampuki pie, octopus stew, stuffed calamari, grilled swordfish, and tuna.
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Explore Maltese food for gatherings and the festive calendar, from pastizzi and Imqaret to Carnival Prinjolata, Easter Figolli, and Christmas sweets.
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Choose a Maltese sweet by filling, technique, and occasion: almond biscuits, date pastries, ricotta kannoli, bread pudding, and seasonal celebration cakes.
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Plan a Maltese-inspired Christmas table with treacle rings, a no-bake chocolate log, and suggested soups, mains, and sides from our recipe collection.
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Choose Maltese recipes for the spring calendar: Kwareżimal in Lent, St Joseph's Żeppoli, Easter Figolli, and suggested dishes for a shared lunch.
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Explore Malta's snack foods and make them at home: flaky pastizzi, open-topped qassatat, bread with tomato and tuna, Gozitan ftira, and date pastries.
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