7 Traditional Maltese Foods You Have To Try This Summer

If Maltese people love something, it’s food. Lucky for us, we’re spoilt for choice all over the island, and our traditional dishes look as good as they taste.

Adding to an ever-growing list of foreign cuisine that has us reaching in to our wallets every single night, Malta’s traditional food is a staple that will never go away.

With that in mind, if you happen to be on the islands during and want to try some of the tastiest, traditional foods up on offer, here are seven vital places to start.

1. Maltese sausage

Let’s be honest; it goes great with anything.

Whether it’s in pasta, on pizza, in a burger, or just thrown on a grill and offered up by its lonesome, salty, delicious self, this one’s a winner every single time.

2. Pastizzi

There’s favourites, then there’s pastizzi.

They’re the greatest thing to ever come out of an oven. Stuffed with ricotta or peas (or other more creative / less traditional ones like chicken and Nutella) the choice is enough to have you salivating.

We’re 99% sure almost every tourist who comes to Malta only comes because of these gorgeous puppies. Yeah, they’re not the healthiest of things to eat, but just try stop us from enjoying them.

At this rate, we might as well just add them to our national flag.

3. Rabbit

We know they’re really cute, but there are restaurants in some of the towns closer to the countryside that can cook the hell out of a rabbit.

They’ll have you licking your lips just by the smell, and if you add spaghetti and some fresh veggies to the mix, you’ve got your hands on a truly traditional Maltese feast.

4. Bigilla

Is there anything that goes better with galletti?

We’ve been trying all the other dips one by one but nothing seems to match up to King Bigilla.

5. The ftira

Whoever came up with the idea of the ftira should be forever immortalised on the steps of Castille.

A genius way of making the perfect Sunday lunch, where you can mix and match any ingredients you like at will, to create a masterpiece of a meal. Take these prepared, giant, stuffed breads to work, to the beach, on the boat or to a picnics.

6. Lampuki

If you love fish, say no more. Malta is fortunate enough to have some of the best fishermen, fresh fish and markets.

If you’re brave enough to get up early on a Sunday and head down to Marsaxlokk, we guarantee you’ll be returning home with a bag full of fresh fish, including the popular lampuki.

Cooking it Moqlijaq style with just a bit of salt, pepper, olive oil, flour and vinegar will have you moaning in satisfaction before you even taste it.

7. Imqaret

If you do not remember the imqaret vendor just outside Valletta, then we’re afraid you missed out.

Once you got close to a stall selling these beauties, you’re left with little option but to buy a few. Not to mention you’ll be stuck smelling like the oily pastries for the rest of the day.

Again, probably not the healthiest of foods, but when it tastes this good, the calories are well worth it.

What did we miss out on? Let us know below and tag someone who has yet to taste all of the above!

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