Glögg ingredients: ginger, orange peel, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom.

I heated the spices in red wine and vodka

I set fire to the alcohol and poured it over the sugar, that melted down in the glögg. I had to work fast because the ladle and the stainer were both plastic and I didn't want it to melt in the heat of the fire. Then I left the spices in the glögg for an hour. Then I filtered it, heated it up again and served it with chopped almonds and raisins. It tasted really good! I also have 1 litre left in the fridge for next weekend.

Bigilla is a traditional Maltese snack, made out of beans. The main ingredient of bigilla is a special type of broad beans known in Malta as “ful tal-Ġirba”.

I think there was about 20 people at the majjalata. Everyone but me was men.  I don’t know if that’s how is usually is or if it was a coincidence. I felt very welcome anyway.

It takes about 6 hours to roast a suckling pig. This weighed about 45 kg I think, and was ready about an hour after we arrived. The meat was served with Maltese bread and sliced potatoes and onions cooked in wood-fired oven . It tasted really good!

After dinner it was time for telling stories and funny jokes. They tried to tell some stories in English, but some of them were only funny when told in Maltese, they said. It was fun to just listen and see the other’s reactions anyway. 

Later on they served cake and had fun with firecrackers.

It was a fun evening and I’m glad we got invited.

Almost ready now

Ready!

Who wants the first piece?

Det är inte bara Jan Guillou och Arn som hittat till Malta. Kopparbergs cider finns att köpa i butikerna.