Figolli

Based on another traditional Maltese recipe, the best of which I have always found in the Caruana sisters’ excellent book, The Food and Cookery of Malta, these rich almond pastries are to be found in all the islands’ cake shops, especially at Easter time, but you might be lucky enough to be offered home-made figolli. Their main feature is that they represent various symbolic figures, and now, with so many shaped pastry cutters available, the choice is wide – lambs, butterflies