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Menestra – traditional vegetable soup
This vegetable soup is traditionally prepared during the Easter\Lent period in Gibraltar. It’s a very thick vegetable soup, served with pasta and mounds of grated cheese on top. Although traditionally this dish is a starter , it’s also a great supper dish which will warm you from the inside out on a cold autumn or winter’s […]
Quiche filling recipe
I usually use this with my four ingredient quiche pastry uploaded one or two posts ago. There really is no rule to the kind of filling you add to your base, as long as it is not a wet concoction. The wet ingredients should always be the milk/cream or a mix of both and the eggs […]
Croquettes – with a potato base
This is my go to croquette recipe for any type of leftovers meats I might have, although I have to say I prefer using Chicken, Turkey and Tuna for these rather than meat, but this is my personal preference and I have family members who regularly make this with left over roasts etc. This might […]
Savoury Quiche Pastry
Like the majority of recipes on this website , this was my Grandmother’s go to quick and easy pastry recipe. The amounts given in this recipe are enough to cover the bottom of a quiche dish, but you’ll need to double them if you want to use it for a savoury pie recipe. As always […]
Bread pudding
This is one of those iconic recipes, that every family in Gibraltar has and each one has a special twist to make it special. Some persons add a packet of flan powder, some add fruit, whichever you use, I’m sure it’s a little something passed down generation to generation- the way grandmother made it. This […]
Challah Bread
This is a delicious bread to make, and definitely a showstopper on your table. My version is a six strand braid but a real easy one to do, I swear, all you have to do is braid consistently and take it nice and slow. You can not go wrong. As for the taste of this […]
Easy Crusty Bread
My recipes are usually pretty simple both to make and follow, but this recipe is almost 100% foolproof. You’ll need a Dutch oven or a sealable deep Pyrex dish and your good to go. There are two ways to make this bread, either mix all ingredients the night before and once incorporated leave to rise […]
Lentil Stew
This Spanish-style lentil stew is easy to make with very simple ingredients. Once again my grandmother’s recipe comes to the rescue, and although she added Chorizo and Morcilla ( blood pudding) to hers, I more often than not omit them and proceed to make up the vegetarian option. It never ceases to amaze me how […]
Honey and Oil biscuits
This recipe is an extremely old one, as my grandmother’s recipe book states it’s her mother’s biscuit recipe. With roots which I believe are from traditional Italian biscuit recipes, there is no way that you can go wrong with a biscuit base made with oil and honey. Having made these biscuits a couple of times, I […]
Lemon shortbread
Lemon shortbread is synonymous to summer time tea. After all what is a proper afternoon tea if it doesn’t contain at least one type of shortbread (and scones, afternoon tea needs to have scones for sure). Like the majority of recipes in the blog, this one hails from my grandmother’s repertoire, although she called them […]