Christmas in Malta

Coconut balls recipe

    Ingredients:

1 packet of coconut

2 packets of plain biscuits

1 bottle of condensed milk

1 packet of Coco powder

  Things:

1 bowl

1 spoon

1 container

An apron

1 Serviette

Equip the apron and put the serviette on the table.

 Put 75% coconut in the empty bowl.

Smash the biscuits and put them in the bowl.

Put the coco powder and stew the mix, while

 putting the condensed milk.

After about 5 mins the mix should get very sticky

Then stop stewing the mix with the spoon and start using your hands to stew. After about 15 minutes

it should be in  one piece. Now you can start making the balls. Then put the coconuts on the balls. The next day they should get hard. Attached find some photos and 2 videos of us cooking the coconut balls. Enjoy!!!

By Bernard and Sheldon

Kuleczki kokosowe

 

    Składniki:

1 paczka kokosu

2 paczki herbatników

1 skondensowane mleko

1 paczka pudru kokosowego/ cukru waniliowego

  Pozostałe rzeczy:

1 miska

1 łyżka

1 pojemnik

Wsyp ¾ kokosu do pustej miski.

Herbatniki rozetrzyj i wsyp do miski.

Wsyp puder kokosowy/ waniliowy; całość wymieszaj łyżką, powoli dolewaj skondensowane mleko.

Po ok. 5 minutach masa powinna stać się bardzo kleista.

Wtedy przestań mieszać masę łyżką i zacznij mieszać rękoma.

Po około 15 minutach całość powinna stanowić jednolitą masę. Teraz zacznij robić kuleczki, które potem obsyp kokosem. Następnego dnia kuleczki powinny być wystarczająco twarde i gotowe do spożycia.

 

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Maltese Christmas sweets

In Malta we Maltese kids and adults we eat sweets. They are  , Christmas log , pudding , cake , chocolates , lollipop , gingerbread man , charcoal (faham tal kannol) , cupcakes , coconut balls  , honey rings and pantone. We love them all we say that are our traditions . These are some photos ,

Hope you write back  BYE

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Christmas  sweets

Christmas Day in Malta is a time to celebrate with family. It is an occasion for family reunion. All members of a family get together in one house for lunch and stay there till the evening. Christmas lunch in Malta traditionally consists of ''dundjan'' (roasted turkey), "qagħaq tal-għasel" (honey rings) and "Pudina tal-Milied" (Christmas pudding). Christmas dishes in Malta are heavily influenced by British traditions.

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Christmas mass

Christmas is very important to the people of Malta and its sister Island of Gozo. Most people on Malta are Catholics and go to a Midnight Mass Service. Usually the churches are full with people.

The Churches are decorated with lights and nativity cribs, 'Presepju', built by the church go-ers. The cribs are decorated with figurines, called 'pasturi' (representing figures like the shepherds and angels). Today some of the cribs are mechanical and the in them figures move! The figure of the baby Jesus is put on the main altar at midnight on Christmas night. At epiphany it is traditional to put the three figures of the Magi in the crib. There is a group on Malta called 'Friends of the Crib' who help to keep the Maltese crib tradition alive.

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Christmas traditions

Every home in Malta has its own Christmas Tree which is decorated with light bulbs, tinsel and other items of embellishment. The interior of every house is adorned with Christmas wreaths, candles and all sorts of other decorations. The crib with figures can also be found in Maltese houses during Christmas. Large figures of the baby Jesus are sometimes put behind windows or in balconies and surrounded by brilliant Christmas lights. If ever you go to Malta, go during Christmas time to behold this splendid spectacle.

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Maltese Christmas Traditions.

Christmas in Malta is mainly religious  since most of the population is Christian. Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25th and is a time to spend with family. Usally Christian families do the Crib.

The “Gulbiena” is a Maltese Traditional  plant. This plant is put near the crib. It grows in the dark and takes 2 weeks to fully grow. Malta in Christmas doesn’t snow so there is no skiing or slaying.

Christmas Day in Malta is a time to celebrate with family. On Christmas Eve, a procession with the Baby Jesus is held. This is followed by the Midnight Mass.
The mass begins with choirs singing carols in Maltese. A most important part of the mass is the telling of a story of the nativity in the form of a sermon by a boy or a girl, normally aged 7 to 10 years old, instead of the priest. After Mass it is customary to greet "Il-Milied It-Taijeb" (Merry Christmas).

By,

     Bernard Mallia

     Gabrielle Hili

     Raisa Balzan

 

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In Malta we eat stuffed turkey and casserole as Christmas main food. There are many appeasers on the Christmas table.

The Maltese people love a celebration and over the years, they've come up with a host of sweet things to help them celebrate. Today, the traditional Maltese Christmas menu has changed a bit, giving way to the Christmas Turkey and sides just as is popular in the United States. Mince pies are also a hit for the holidays in Malta. In Malta we also eat Duck Breast with Raspberry sauce and Roast Goose with Stuffing.