Ħobż biż-Żejt
'Bread with oil': Malta's open sandwich of crusty ħobż bread rubbed with ripe tomato, olive oil, capers, olives, tuna and mint — the taste of a Maltese summer day.
What it is
'Bread with oil': Malta's open sandwich of crusty ħobż bread rubbed with ripe tomato, olive oil, capers, olives, tuna and mint — the taste of a Maltese summer day. Ingredients: ħobż tal-Malti (sourdough loaf) or ftira, ripe tomatoes, olive oil, capers, olives, tuna, white beans, onion, mint or basil, salt, pepper. Recipe: 1) Slice thick bread. 2) Rub cut tomato into the crumb until pink. 3) Drench with olive oil. 4) Pile on the toppings. Serve: at the beach, on boats, at village festas — never indoors if you can help it. Flavor: tomato, oil, salt — Mediterranean minimalism. History: the ħobż is the farmworker's lunch perfected; the flat ftira version is UNESCO-listed in Malta's culinary heritage. See also: Pastizzi, Fenkata (Rabbit Stew).
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