The book contents:
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how to use this book
This is not a 'meat & two veg' cookbook. Use smaller dishes to scale up to a meal for a crowd, or use a variety to make a composite dish. This book is great for cooking for one, or one hundred. Really.
the 3 t’s
Taste, texture and temperature.
common knife cuts
There are a number of regular knife cuts that are used in many recipes.
soup
beef & barley soup - beef brodo - cauliflower soup with buttery florets - green chilli soup - leek, potato & celeriac soup - lettuce soup with crispy bacon - Lewis’s zingy tomato soup - Maltese fish broth (aljotta) - Maltese vegetable soup (ministra tal-haxix) - Nanna’s chicken broth - parsnip & pear soup - Phil Overton's borscht - pistachio soup with mint & leeks - smoked haddock chowder - spiced fava bean soup - spiced tomato soup with lobster - sweetcorn & coconut soup - widows' soup (soppa tal-armla)
small plates
baba ganoush (aubergine purée) - barley & grape salad - beef khoresh - black olive tapenade - braised octopus in red wine - caramelised padron chillies - cauliflower 'couscous' - charred broccoli - chicken (or rabbit) stew - clementine scallop ceviche - coconut & chilli potato cakes - crispy pork belly - dried Maltese cheese (ġbejniet moxxa) - dukkah or duqua - fresh Maltese cheese (ġbejniet fresca) - fried chicken wings - giardiniera salad (pickled vegetables) - Glasstorm’s seafood platter - green olive tapenade - grilled aubergine with ginger & honey - haggis stuffed mushrooms with whisky sauce - herbed lemon cheese - hummus with spiced lamb - lampuki with green peppers & tomatoes - Maltese anchovy stuffed olives - Maltese caponata (kapunata) - Maltese coffee beef - Maltese deep fried anchovy balls (sfineg) - Maltese pulpetti - Maltese sausages (zalzett) - Maltese spiced bean salad (bigilla) - Maltese stuffed artichokes (qaqoċċ mimli) - pressed squid with wild garlic - roasted onion hummus - savoury porridge - spiced lamb with pine nuts - tabbouleh - tequila sweet & sour hake - Turkish style poached eggs (cilbir) - Valeta Roach's savoury panna cotta - watermelon & feta salad - Whaligoe pulpetti & burger mix
bread
a Maltese sandwich (Ħobż biż-Żejt) - bagels - barley bannock (barley scone) - bulgar wheat toasting loaf - Bulgarian wholemeal honey bread - create your own' multi-grain loaf - Finnish pulla bread - focaccia - ftira - honey spice twists - Italian bread sticks - Maltese bread (Ħobż tal-Malti) - parker house rolls - rye sandwich bread - sweet potato buns - Ukrainian milk dough - Whaligoe hearthbread - wheaten soda bread
pizza
Adreains' pizza - apple & bacon pizza - calzone - Croatian pizza - flammkuchen (a German pizza) - Gozitan ftira (a Gozitan pizza) - sfeeha - sfincione (a Sicilian pizza) - stromboli or pepperoni pizza rolls
pasta & dumplings
Asian dumpling dough - black pasta dough - butter dumplings - carrot dumpling dough - chicken & spring onion pot stickers - curd cheese dumplings with strawberries (jahodové knedlíky) - extra-chewy dumpling dough - gnocchi - gnocchi poutine - golden dumpling dough - Italian pasta dough - lazy dumplings (leniwe pierogi) - lemon zest dough - Mongolian meat & caraway dumpling - Nanna's Maltese ravjul - parsley dough - pierogi filled with sauerkraut & mushrooms - Polish dumplings (kopytka) - pork & shrimp dumpling - rosemary dough - spinach dumpling dough - Thai dumplings - Thai tapioca pearl dumpling dough - Tibetan beef & pepper dumplings - traditional British suet dumplings - wheat starch dough - wonton skins
sauces
3 cheese sauce - béchamel sauce (white sauce) - fresh tomato sauce - garlic & chilli sauce - Maltese style kunserva - pistachio & basil pesto - Pitzcalzean House duck with chocolate - rich tomato sauce - salmon roe & fruity tomato sauce - wild garlic sauce
pastry - sweet or savoury
feta pastries with honey - flan pastry - Maltese lampuki pie - Maltese pastizzi - pâte sablée - pea filling for pastizzi - potato & red onion samosa filling - rich short pastry - ricotta qassatat - rough puff pastry - samosa pastry - sour cream pastry
sweet things, cake, pastries, puddings
banana cake (from the Maldives) - buttermilk panna cotta - cardamom meringue - chocolate & chestnut cake - chocolate chip, walnut & orange meringue - chocolate fondant - chocolate meringue - chocolate, cherry & almond cake - churros with chocolate - glazed egg custard or crème brûlée - hazelnut & banana cake - imqaret - Marti Negri’s thyme honey mousse with hazelnut daquoise - meringues - Middle Eastern orange & almond cake - nutty noodle meringue - prinjolata - a Maltese celebration cake - raspberry meringue - ricotta kannoli - rose meringue - salted honeycomb meringue - thor cake - vanilla meringue
crackers, biscuits, oatcakes
chocolate chip cookies - chocolate orange biscotti - coconut kisses - flaky parmesan biscuits - garibaldi biscuits - Whaligoe oatcakes - kwarezimal (Maltese lenten almond cakes) - Maltese galletti - Maltese honey rings (qaghaq ta’ l-ghasel) - Maltese sesame seed biscuits - parmesan melba toast - ricarelli - rye & sesame seed crackers - Scottish oatcakes - Scottish shortbread - Steve Klein’s millionaire shortbread sandwich
small sweet things
almond butter crunch - blackcurrant 'pâte de fruit' - blackcurrant ganache - blackcurrant marshmallows - child friendly truffles - chocolate truffles - cinnamon truffles - dairy free peanut butter & chocolate ganache - gin & lemon marshmallows - honeycomb - lava chocolate ganache - marshmallow truffles - marshmallows - mint choc marshmallows - orange truffles - peanut butter & milk chocolate ganache - peppermint truffles - rose marshmallows - rum or brandy truffles - tea truffles - tempering chocolate - vanilla marshmallows
Extras, great tasty bits & pieces
advieh (Persian spice mix) - almond paste - buttermilk bath - chestnut & chocolate soup (imbuljuta) - citrus & peppercorn dry brine - enriched almond orzata - hot chilli & garlic sauce - lemon curd (non-traditional) - lemon custard (dairy free) - lemon salt - marzipan - mint purée - pickled samphire - sazerac - seaweed - simple sugar syrup - spiced chilli vinegar syrup - spiced lemon vinegar syrup - tangy soy dipping sauce - thyme infused honey - Whaligoe pepper mix - Whaligoe spice mix - Whaligoe spiced sugar syrup