# List of Maltese dishes

The following is a list of dishes in Maltese cuisine:

## Appetizers

* Żebbuġ mimli (pitted green olives stuffed with tuna mixture)
* Fażola bajda bit-tewm u t-tursin (white beans with parsley, garlic and olive oil)
* Ful bit-tewm
* Bigilla (mashed "Tic beans "known in Malta as "Ful Ta' Ġirba" (Djerba beans))
* Galletti (Maltese biscuit)
* Bebbux (escargot)
* Arjoli (dip, a Maltese version of aioli without eggs but with added breadcrumbs/crushed galletti, tomato paste and various other pureed ingredients such as olives, capers, onions and anchovies, and herbs such as mint and parsley)

## Soups

* Brodu (beef or chicken broth)
* Minestra (Maltese version of minestrone, a thick soup of Italian origin made with vegetables)
* Kusksu (vegetable soup with small pasta beads called kusksu and fresh broad beans in season)
* Soppa tal-armla Widow's Soup (vegetable soup with fresh cheeselets and beaten eggs)
* Aljotta (fish soup with plenty of garlic, herbs, and tomatoes)
* Kawlata (cabbage and pork soup)

## Pasta and rice

* Imqarrun (macaroni, Bolognese-style meat sauce, and egg casserole)
* Timpana (macaroni and tomato sauce casserole)
* Ravjul (ravioli and tomato sauce)
* Ross il-forn (baked rice)
* Għaġin grieg (small pasta beads with minced pork and cheese)
* Froġa tat-tarja (fried omelette with vermicelli pasta)
* Spagetti biz-zalza tal-fenek (spaghetti with rabbit sauce)

## Meat

* Stuffat tal-fenek (rabbit stew)
* Fenek moqli (fried rabbit)
* Braġjoli (thin slices of meat that are stuffed and rolled as a roulade)
* Laħam fuq il-fwar (steamed slices of beef)
* Falda Mimlija (stuffed flank of pork)
* Laħam taż-żiemel (stallion meat, usually fried or baked in a white wine sauce)
* Zalzett tal-Malti (a short, thick sausage made of pork, sea salt, black peppercorns, coriander seeds and parsley)
* Mazzit (Maltese blood sausage)

## Fish

* Lampuka
* Stuffat tal-qarnit (octopus stew)
* Qarnit bit-tewm (octopus with garlic)
* Klamari mimlija (stuffed calamari)
* Pixxispad (fried swordfish)

## Eggs and cheeses

* Ġbejna (a small round cheese)
* Froġa (omelette with ġbejna, broad beans or meat)
* Balbuljata (scrambled eggs cooked with tomatoes and onions)

## Vegetable-based entrees and side dishes

* Qarabagħli mimli (stuffed courgette)
* Brunġiel mimli (stuffed aubergine)
* Bżar mimli (stuffed peppers)
* Patata l-forn (baked sliced potatoes)
* Kapunata
* Qaqoċċ mimli (stuffed artichokes)
* Tadam mimli (cold summer dish, tomatoes stuffed with cold rice salad, mayo, olives, capers)

## Savoury pastries

* Torta tal-irkotta (ricotta pie)
* Sfineġ (vegetable, fish or cheese fritters);
* Pastizzi
* Qassatat (qassata)
* Torti tar-ross u l-qargħa ħamra (rice and pumpkin pie)

## Bread

* Ħobża tal-Malti
* Ftira (a Maltese flatbread)
* Ħobż biż-żejt u t-tadam (bread with olive oil and tomato)
* Ftira Għawdxija
* Qagħaq tal-Appostli

## Sweets

* Qagħaq tal-ħmira (or just "Kagħak" in some dialects, soft sweet bagel shape cake with a hint of aniseed, topped with sesame seeds)
* Imqaret (deep fried diamond-shaped pastry)
* Kannoli tal-irkotta (ricotta filled fried crisp pastry tubes)
* Ravjul moqli (sweet toasted ravioli)
* Torta tat-tamal (date and cocoa tart)
* Torta tal-marmorat (almond and chocolate pie)
* Ħelwa tat-Tork (nut studded sesame seed and sugar halva)
* Pudina tal-ħobż (baked bread pudding with raisins and cocoa powder)
* Prinjolata (Carnival sweet, made of biscuit and sponge cake covered with frosting and decorated with glacè cherries and melted chocolate)
* Kwareżimal (Lenten almond biscuit scented with the zest of orange, lemon and Maltese mixed spice, cinnamon and orange blossom)
* Ftira tar-Randan (Lenten honey drizzled squares of crisp deep fried pastry)
* Karamelli tal-ħarrub (Lenten hard candy flavoured with carob)
* Figolla (Easter icing-coated biscuit stuffed with a mixture of sweet ground almonds called intrita)
* Ħobża ta' San Martin (sweet bread roll, sweetened with mastic associated with Saint Martin's Day)
* Qagħaq tal-għasel or tal-Qastanija (Christmas sweet rings made from a light pastry with a filling made of treacle, honey, semolina, citrus zest, cinnamon and cloves)
* Għadam tal-mejtin (Pastry shaped in the form of a bone filled with almond paste)
* Zeppoli
* Qubbajt (Traditional Maltese Nougat)
* Ġelat Malti (Ġelat tan- nanna) a traditional ice cream made from condensed milk, cinnamon, nuts, and candied peel.

## Beverages

* Ġulepp tal-ħarrub (carob syrup)
* Imbuljuta (chestnut, tangerine zest and cocoa drink)
* Kafè (coffee boiled with aniseed, cinnamon sticks and/or rosewater, alternatively with cloves in some communities)
* Kafè bl-aniżetta (Coffee with Anisette liqueur)
* Ruġġata (a drink made from cinnamon, vanilla, bitter almonds, sugar, water and milk similar to Italian 'orzata')
* Te fit-tazza (a local variety of builder's tea, traditionally served with condensed milk and sweetened in a glass)
* Kinnie (a bittersweet soft drink)
* Liqueur tal-bajtar (a prickly pear-based liqueur)