Christmas Cake

Ingredients:

300 g Lamb Brand Self Raising Flour

250 g Margarine

200 g Lamb Brand Brown Sugar

200 g Lamb Brand Sultana

200 g Lamb Brand Currants

200 g Lamb Brand Golden and Black Raisins

100 g Lamb Brand Candied Peel

100 g Chopped Lamb Brand Glace` Cherries

100 g Lamb Brand Almonds & Hazelnuts

6 Eggs

3 tbs. Brandy

1 tbs. Black Syrup

1 tsp. Lamb Brand Ground Cinnamon

1 tsp. Lamb Brand Mixed Spice

1 Lemon’s grated peel

1/4 tsp. Lamb Brand Bicarbonate of Soda

1/2 tsp. Salt

Method:

-  Sift the flour and add the cinnamon, spice, bicarbonate of soda and salt.

-  In a separate bowl mix together the sultanas, currants, raisins, candied peel, glace` cherries, almonds and lemon’s peel.

-  In another seperate bowl mix the eggs and brandy well.

-  In a mixer mix well the margarine, brown sugar and syrup until creamy and gradually blend in the flour mixture and keep mixing.

- Blend in the eggs’ mixture and finally blend in the fruits’ mixture and keep mixing everything together.

-  Grease the inside of a tin pan with margarine and line the inside with a greased baking paper.

- Tie up a thick strap of paper with the outside of the pan and turn the mixture into the prepared pan.

-  Bake in a preheated 135°C oven for about 2 hours or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

- Remove cake from oven and allow to cool in the same tin pan.

CHRISTMAS LOG

Ingredients:

2 Packets plain biscuits

1 tin Condensed milk

100g Lamb Brand Glace cherries

100g Lamb Brand Candied peel

100g Lamb Brand Walnuts

150g Lamb Brand Hazelnuts and Almonds

100g Bar Milk Chocolate

Some Brandy

Method:

-  Crush the biscuits and chop the nuts.

- Mix all ingredients (except chocolate) in a large bowl.

- Form the log and wrap in a greaseproof paper.

- Put into the fridge and leave it for 12hours to harden.

- Remove the log shaped mixture from paper.

- Melt the chocolate in a bowl over boiling water and cover to decorate the Christmas log.

Christmas Pudding

Makes 20cm Bowl

Ingredients:

125g Lamb Brand Golden Raisins

125g Lamb Brand Black Raisins

225g Lamb Brand Currants

225g Lamb Brand Sultanas

100g Lamb Brand Candied Peel

100g Lamb Brand Blanched Almonds

180g Lamb Brand Self raising flour

2 tsp Lamb Brand Mixed spice

1 tsp Lamb Brand Nutmeg

200g Lamb Brand Brown Sugar

200g Margarine

180g Breadcrumbs

2 Eggs, beaten

Rind and juice of 1 lemon

1 tbs Black treacle

2 tbs Brandy or Whisky

Method:

Wash and dry fruits, melt butter in saucepan and add the fruits and the chopped almonds and some Whiskey or Brandy.

Let the mixture stand overnight.

Sieve flour, mixed spice, nutmeg and add breadcrumbs.

Beat eggs and sugar and add to fruit mixture.

Fold in the flour mixture and mix well.

Put mixture in a greased 2 pints pudding basin, smooth top, as this will be the pudding’s base and cover with coated greaseproof paper, then cover again with foil and tuck securely.

Place in a steamer or a saucepan over hot water (baine marie) for at least 6 hours.

It can be cooked in intervals if you will not manage at one go or in one day.

Mince Pies

X’ghandek bzonn: ghal 25 porzjon

biex taghmel il-mili:

Lamb Brand Sultanas 200g
Lamb Brand Currants 200g
Lamb Brand Candied Peel (Konfettura) 100g
Lamb Brand Mixed Spice 1 kuccarina
Lamb Brand Hazelnuts 100g
Lamb Brand Almonds 100g
Life Prunes (Pruna imqattgha) 200g
Life Apricot (Berquq imqatta’) 200g
Persian Palm Dates (Tamal imqatta’) 200g
Tuffieha mqaxxra u mqattgha 2
Qxur tal-laring 2 kuccarini mahkuka
Meraq tal-laring 135ml
Brandy 135ml
Ghasel 135ml

biex taghmel l-ghagina:

Lamb Brand Plain Flour  270g
Lamb Brand Castor Sugar  2 imgharef
Margerine  135g
Bajd  1
Qoxra ta’ Lumija*  mahkuka 1 mgharfa
Trab tal-Vanilla  ponta kuccarina

X’ghandek taghmel:

Ghall-mili:

Hallat l-ingredjenti kollha sew u aghlaq go vazett bil-kamin. Aqleb
il-vazett rasu ‘l isfel darba kuljum sakemm tkun ha tuzah.
Ghalkemm din ir-ricetta tista’ ssir f’gurnata wahda, jekk tippreparaha
minn gimgha qabel ir-rizultat ikun ahjar.

Ghall-ghagina:

- Gharbel id-dqiq f’bieqja u hallat il-vanilla, iz-zokkor, il-butir u
l-qoxra tal-lumija flimkien mad-dqiq mgharbul u l-bajd sakemm tifforma
ghagina. Jekk hemm bzonn zid aktar ilma.
- Iftah l-ghagina fuq wicc miksi bi ftit dqiq, aqta’ forom ta’ crieki
u poggihom fil-pjanca tal-pasti, Imla l-forom bil-mince meat u erga’
ghatti bil-ghagina kif tiggosta, b’forom ta’ stilla jew weraq tal-holly,
ghatti kompletament jew halli l-frott bla ghatu.
- Ahmi f’forn imsahhan minn qabel ghal 180 oC u sajjar ghal madwar 10
jew 15-il minuta, sakemm jiehdu ftit kulur.
- Tista’ sservihom kemm shan kif ukoll keshin.  Fl-ahhar ifrex ftit
trab ta’
l-icing sugar biex izzejjen.
- Jekk tkun hallejt numru ta’ mince pies mikxufin, tista’ sservihom bi
ftit
topping
mhix friska.

* L-ghagina tista’ tippreparaha minn qabel u tiffrizaha, halliha
tinzel sew

qabel ma tuzaha.
* Il-mince pies tista’ tippreparahom sa minn xahrejn qabel, u
tippriservahom go kontenitur li jaghlaq sew fil-friza.

Mili tad-dundjan bil-frott u l-lewz

Dan huwa mili tad-dundjan (jew laham iehor) ghal-min ihobb toghma ftit helwa u xi haga tqarmec!

X’ghandek bzonn:

Life Apricots (berquq) 120g

Lamb Brand Walnuts (gewz) 100g

Lamb Brand Brazil nuts (gewz ta’ l-indi) 100g

Lamb Brand Almonds (lewz) 100g

Lamb Brand Breadcrumbs 150g

Lamb Brand Rosemary, kuccarina

Lamb Brand Thyme, kuccarina

3 basliet zghar (imqatta’ rqiq)

Laringa imqatta u l-qoxra mahkuka

Lamb Brand bzar u melh

Metodu:

Ahmi l-gewz, gewz ta’ l-indi u l-lewz f’forn ta’ 200C (Gas Mark 6) ghal madwar 10 minuti. Hallihom jibirdu, qattaghom ftit u hallat l-ingredjenti l-ohra. Imla’ d-dundjan u ahmi skond il-piz tad-dundjan.

Hummus

Din hija ricetta popolari hafna f’bosta pajjizi tal-mediterran mill-Marokk, sal-Grecja u t-Turkija. It-Tahini huwa gungliel mghaffeg u pprezervat fiz-zejt. Tista tuza Peanut Butter minn flok Tahini.

Ingredjenti:

Lamb Brand Nature’s Legumes Cicri, 200g

Tahini, Mgharfa

Tewm, 2 sinniet

zejt taz-zebbuga, 4 imgharef

meraq tal-lumi, 2 imgharef

Melh u Bzar kemm tiggosta

Kwart ta’ kikkra ilma tas-sajran tac-cicri

Metodu:

Xarrab ic-cicri ghal hames sieghat jew matul il-lejl. Lahlah mill-ilma. Poggi go borma zghira, ghatti sewwa ic-cicri bl-ilma, ghatti l-borma bl-ghatu u sajjar ghal madwar 30 minuta. Saffi, warrab il-kwart ta’ kikkra ilma minn tas-sajran tac-cicri u hallihom jikshu.

F’food processor itfa t-tewm u idhnu. Zid ic-cicri, it-tahini, il-melh u l-bzar u l-meraq tal-lumi. Haddem il-food processor. Zid iz-zejt bil-mod u wara zid l-ilma tac-cicri sa kemm ikollok konsistenza kremuza imma soda. Zid jew naqqas mill-ilma kemm hemm bzonn.

Uza ma galletti jew varjeta’ ta’ haxix skond il-gosti tieghek.

Dipp tal-Ghads Pikkanti

Din hija ricetta vera facli, apetituza u nutrijenti. Servi bhala dipp mal-galletti jew haxix frisk imqatta’ stikek bhal karrotti, karfus u hjar. Tista’ wkoll isservi bhala “sandwich spread”.

Ingredjenti:

Lamb Brand Nature’s Legumes Red Lentils, 200g

Ilma 600ml

Trab tal-curry, kuccarina

Bzar cayenne, nofs kuccarina

Zejt vegetali, 15 ml

Sinniet tewm, 2 mghaffga

Zerriegha tal-kemmun, nofs kuccarina

Metodu:

F’kazzola mdaqqsa, hallat flimkien il-basla, l-ilma u l-ghads. Ghatti u fettah jaghli. Baxxi n-nar u kompli sajjar ghal 25 minuta jew sakemm l-ghads jirtab. Ghaddi it-tahlita tal-ghads minn blender.

F’tagen zghir, sajjar ftit it-trab tal-curry u z-zerriegha tal-kemmun sakemm jerhu r-rieha. Zid il-bzar cayenne, iz-zejt u t-tewm u sajjar ghall-minuta.

Ferra t-tahlita tal-hwawar mal-ghads u servi.

Soppa ta’ l-Ghads

X’ghandek bzonn ghal-4 minn nies.

Lamb Brand Red Lentils (ghads ahmar) 200g

Zejt taz-Zebbuga – Mgharfa
Karfusa – mqatta’
Basla zghira – mqatta’
Zewg karrotti (medji) – mqatta’ slajsis
Nofs kabocca zghira – mqatta
Kunserva – zewg imgharef
Zokkor – kuccarina u nofs Bzar u Melh
Ftit Rignu niexef (Oregano)

Metodu:

Lahlah l-ghads f’passatur.

Go borma kbira sajjar il karrotti, karfus u basal fi ftit zejt ghal-madwar 5 minuti. Zid ftit mishun sa kemm tghatti l-ingredjenti, zid il-bqijja ta’ l-ingredjenti u sajjar sa kemm jiftah jaghli. Baxxi n-nar, ghatti l-borma u tektek ghal-madwar 40 minuta jew sa kemm l-ghads jirtab sew. Ghaddi minn blender u servi.

3rd issue of togħma BNINA

togħma BNINA - ISSUE 3 November 2009

The third issue of toghma BNINA has been published with the flimkien issue of November, you can download your copy from here.

Check it out and try out the delicious Torta ta’ San Martin, Christmas’ favourite  Mince Pies, Turkey filling and other interesting information.

C. Cini (Mfg) at ANUGA

For the first time in it’s company’s history, this year C Cini Manufacturing is participating in one of the world’s largest food fairs – The Anuga Fine Foods Fair in Cologne.

Staff led by Managing Director Mr. Joseph Galea will be meeting clients at Anuga between Saturday 10th and Wednesday 14th October 2009 between 9.00am and 6.00pm.

TORTA TA’ SAN MARTIN

Torta ta' San Martin

Din hija ricetta facli ghal-zmien Novembru, izda tista ssir ukoll fi zmien il-Milied biex titqassam mat-te. Imqatta’ f’porzjonijiet u pprezentata b’mod sabieh tista tkun rigal idejali.

X’ghandek bzonn: ghal 12 il-porzjon

Lamb Brand Self-Raising Flour (dqiq) 150g

Lamb Brand Castor Sugar (zokkor) 50g

Lamb Brand Hazelnuts (gellewz – bla qoxra) 200g

Lamb Brand Walnuts (gewz – bla qoxra) 200g

Lamb Brand Golden Raisins (zbib sofor) 75g

Lamb Brand Candied Peel (konfettura) 50g

Life Fichi Morbidi (tin – imqatta’) 130g

Persian Palm Dates (tamal – imqatta’) 130g

3 bajdiet (ifred l-abjad mill-isfar)

3 imgharef halib

Sprej taz-zejt

Sahhan il-forn – 180C jew Gas Mark 4. Sprejja dixx (16cm x 28cm) u ghamel ghabra dqiq biex it-torta ma’ tehilx (nehhi z-zejjed).

Go skutella habbat tajjeb l-abjad tal-bajd u z-zokkor u tellaghhom xkuma. Fi skutella ohra hallat id-dqiq ma’ l-ingredjenti l-ohra minbarra l-isfar tal-bajd u l-halib. Hawwad sew b’imgharfa kbira tal-metall. Zid l-isfar tal-bajd u kompli hawwad. Itfa’ t-tahlita tal-frott ftit, ftit fl-abjad tal-bajd u z-zokkor u hawwad sew bl-imgharfa tal-metall halli ddahhal l-arja (folding). Zid il-halib u kompli hawwad.

Poggi t-tahlita fid-dixx u ahmi ghal-madwar 30 minuta. Ara li l-gellewz tal-wicc jihmar sew imma ma’ jinharaqx. Ohrog it-torta mill-forn u halliha tiksah fid-dixx ghal-kwarta. Halliha tibred sew qabel isservi.

Tamek Juices promotion at Chain Supermarket (Fgura) extended till the end of October 2009