Over the centuries, many cultures have left something behind in the Maltese kitchen. Local families may have had their say in what goes and what stays, but these influences have steeped together to create unique flavours formed over many occupations. It presents us with the most intriguing ‘minestrone’ of Mediterranean cuisine.
While the island of Sicily has had perhaps the biggest say, with Malta having been an extension of the Sicilian Kingdom for over 400 years, it was the Phoenicians who introduced fishing skills and the Arabs who brought citrus. Later arrived
