These Hampers Packed With Delicious Local Products Make The Perfect Christmas Gift
Christmas is officially less than a month away, which means impending panic as you scramble between shopping lists for Secret Santa, your family members and your workmates; that is until you remember that you live in a country with a killer hamper game.
The dream-hamper-makers and Maltese food extraordinaires over at Savina are teaming up to create the tastiest traditional gift possible for this holiday season with a selection of 18 different hampers across their Artisan, Luxury, Temptations, Landmark, and Noble collections, and you can be in the running to win one such hamper!
Lovin Malta had the chance to get a sneak peek into their delicious hamper selection and we’ve handpicked our favourite ones from each collection.
1. Siegh
The Artisan Collection
The perfect traditional Maltese food starter pack, this hamper includes sun-dried tomato conserve, extra-virgin olive oil made with Maltese-grown olives, hand-harvested sea salt flakes, premium tomato vinegar, Il-Pekorin matured cheese, and a wooden chopping board.
2. Impress
The Temptations Collection
Dessert-lovers take note: this hamper is sure to satisfy every sweet tooth’s cravings with traditional sweets including Luxury dark chocolate, Qagħaq tal-Għasel, Torta ta’ Sor Serafina, rock cake, Carob Syrup (a.k.a. ġulepp tal-ħarrub), juicy prickly-pear jam, Amarettu ta’ Mari almond liqueur and red mulled wine.
3. Splendid
The Luxury Collection
A feast for the sense with an aromatic candle at the ready, this hamper also includes a dark chocolate slab with sea salt, white nougat with almond and honey, honey rings, pressed sun-dried fig with almond, honey with lemon and a wooden honey spoon, juicy pomegranate jam, Limuncetta ta’ Mari lemon liqueur, Tikka Bitter Red alcoholic Aperitif, Merlot Premium Gozo D.O.K.
4. Qannic
The Landmark Collection
This hamper goes full-on old-school Maltese cuisine and includes bigilla, Gozitan peppered cheeselets antipasto in olive oil, olive pâté, Il-Pekorin matured cheese, tomato chutney, sun-dried tomato conserve, rum-spiced coconut liqueur, extra-virgin olive oil with basil, Merlot Premium Gozo D.O.K., handcrafted zalzetta and an Qannic (a.k.a. an air-drying box traditionally used to dry cheese).
5. Duchess
The Noble Collection
As fancy as you can get, this hamper features a cheese set including mature and peppered tradtional Gozital cheeselets, Luxury dark chocolate slab, white nougatine with almonds and honey, olive pâté, Chardonnay Girgentina I.G.T., handcrafted zalzetta, and a hand-crafted picnic basket including accessories for two persons.
Here’s how you can win with Savina
Savina are giving away one Impress hamper worth €50. Simply tag a friend you’d like to share the hamper with and you could be a winner!
For orders, bookings and door-to-door deliveries contact Savina on [email protected] or call 21562236 (ext. 250). You can also speak to Savina directly on Facebook or visit the Savina Centre in Xewkija, Gozo.