It's summertime, Malta! These are the summer dishes we love 🏖️
The heat is on. Summer officially started a few days ago and in Malta, we seem to be getting a heatwave to commemorate the start of the season. I’m not a fan of summer, but I do love some of the foods that come with it. 👀
Whether it’s a dish that has a Maltese touch or a dish that is loved around the world during summertime, these summer dishes are our favourites! 🤩
Rice salads or pasta salads
I don’t know if it’s just Malta, but we tend to have a classic mix for rice salads and pasta salads: canned tuna, the canned mix with sweet corn and olives, tomatoes, and mayonnaise. There’s something about this mixture that is super refreshing. 🤤
A Maltese barbeque
You’ve probably been seeing the phrase “BBQ season is open” everywhere right about now. A traditional Maltese barbeque is an obvious summer meal. They always feature Maltese bread with tomato paste, the DewFresh pink sausages, galletti and bigilla, kebabs, potato salad, and a chunky slice of melon or watermelon to close it off. 🍉
Stuffed tomatoes
Tomatoes stuffed with a mix of rice, tuna and mayo and served cold could be your life saver on a hot day. When it’s so hot that you do not even dare to switch on the oven to cook, let alone eat hot food, this dish can make you feel a million times better. 👌
Corn on the cob
This could be a part of the barbeque section, but it’s more of an international BBQ thing rather than a Maltese one, right? Corn on the cob slathered in garlic butter with a dash of salt and pepper just screams summer to me. 🌽
Cold wraps or sandwiches
Yes, they have to be cold. Otherwise, they will not be considered summer food! Tuna mayo, chicken mayo, smoked salmon and cucumber, avocado and tomatoes; they’re all delicious combinations that can be added to wraps or sandwiches and made into a refreshing summer meal. 😍
Ftira biz-zejt
How can we not have this one on the list of summer foods? The ftira biz-zejt is classic Maltese meal that is loved at any time of the year but, for some reason, tastes a million times better during the summer months. 🤷
Trifle
Something for dessert to close off the list. The classic English trifle is served right out of the fridge to freshen you right up. The cold mix of soaked sponge, fruit, whipped cream and custard (especially when it’s one layer of yellow custard and one layer of pink custard, the Maltese way) is something that you either love or hate - there’s no in-between. 😋
Do you have any other summer dishes that you absolutely love? Let us know in the comments! 👇
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