Lemon zest marmalade: a Christmas gift
Take one kilo of lemons from the tree, one kilo of sugar and a couple of hours on a wet Saturday before Christmas and you’ve four jars of the tangiest, freshest lemon zest marmalade to give as...
View ArticleSavouring Sevilles: homemade marmalade for breakfast
Seville orange marmalade, but Maltese style. I finally got around to a batch. I made eight jars from 2 kilos with a nice over-spill saucer’s worth to taste straight away, fresh from the pot at...
View ArticleSpicy balsamic tomato & fennel passata
You know the end of summer is drawing near when you see a glut of tomatoes on the market at knock-down prices. You’ll also know summer in Malta is nigh when you are woken by the sound of…...
View ArticleChili Olive Oil, the answer to a bumper crop
Fiery and hot says the stallholder’s sign in Palermo’s Ballaro’ market. So, be warned! When I flung some chili pepper seeds on my small patch of herb garden way back in April, I had no idea that I’d...
View ArticleChristmas Mincemeat Recipe with Limoncello
This mincemeat recipe is really easy to make, less cloyingly sweet and non-suet. I’m feeling virtuous already about the way my Christmas diet is going. It was so depressingly cold and wet over the...
View ArticleLemon Chiffon Cake
This post The Red Bistro appeared first on The Red Bistro - Servings of food & lifestyle from the Mediterranean Where would we be in winter without lemons? Citrus comes into season just as flu,...
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