i've been working on expanding my recipe repertoire for the past few months, are there any vegan/veganizable traditional maltese dishes that i should attempt to learn how to make?
YES YES YES!!! here we go 🇲🇹
vegan recipes ✨
maltese cooked apples (my family makes this for me and i love it!)
broad beans with garlic
bigilla (usually served with a side of galletti which makes it sooo good, but it’s lovely on bread too!)
maltese roast potatoes
minestra (a vegetable soup, amazing too!!!)
arjoli
pastizzi (aren’t really vegan but their pastry is and you can fill them with whatever you like, you can stick to the normal peas but also opt for lentils/beans etc!)
cashew cheese which is a lot like our ġbejna
ħobż biż-żejt (vegan ġbejna goes great with this!)
check out mouthwatering vegan tv (she’s part-maltese i believe and makes great recipes that mimic maltese faves like ricotta!)
veganisable recipes ✨
stuffed olives (veganise by not adding the tuna/anchovies)
white beans with garlic and parsley (omit the beef broth or substitute with veggie broth!)
kusksu + soppa tal-armla (omit eggs/cheese/chicken broth or substitute)
imqarrun il-forn + ross il-forn (substitute beef for TVP or vegan mince, eggs with egg replacer or one of these [perhaps not the banana/applesauce but any other will do])
sfineċ (substitute anchovies and use vegetables)
maltese pumpkin pie (remove fish + substitute egg for brushing with a plant milk of your choice)
stuffed artichokes/peppers/marrows (stuff with TVP/vegan mince instead of meat, no need for egg or cheese, but cashew parmesan is a good idea)
froġa tat-tarja (a fave, my gran used to make this for me. replace eggs with an egg replacement/oil)
sweets ✨
kwareżimal (use agave syrup instead of honey + vegetable margarine w/o vitamin D)
qagħaq tal-ħmira (use vegetable margarine again)
imqaret (these taste amazing, substitute eggs with egg replacement/bananas/applesauce or use vegan pastry)
pudina tal-ħobż (egg replacement again + substitute milk with plant milk)
torta tat-tamal (use vegan pastry!)
vegan figolli!!!
ħelwa tat-tork (basically halva, but maltese)
that’s all i have (i think)! feel free to ask any more questions you’d like to, i’d love to help with maltese cooking 💘
