For millennia, cooks in the Levant have been marinating and cooking fish in yoghurt, it adds that little bit of a tang, acts as a perfect medium for other flavours and helps prevent fish from drying out.
Yoghurt also spelled Yogurt, yoghurt, yogourt or yoghourt is a milk product created by the fermentation of milk specific microorganism.
The fermentation of the lactose in the milk product, by these bacteria, creates lactic acid, which in turn acts on milk the protein to give yoghurt its texture and characteristic tart flavour.
The Red Mullet or surmullets are a species of the goatfish, family Mullus barbatus and Mullus surmuletus. In Malta they are known as Trilja.
Whilst commonly found in the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Mullet is normally caught in winter when the weather does not allow fishing in deeper waters.
The Red Mullet’s liver is considered by many as a delicacy, which is quite unusual for a fish.
The blood orange is a variety of orange with red, almost blood-coloured flesh. The distinctive dark flesh colour is created by the presence of a type of pigment called anthocyanins which although common to flora it’s quite uncommon in citrus fruits. Blood oranges have a fairly unique flavour compared to other oranges, being distinctly berry like as well as having the usual citrus flavours. During the times of the Nights of Malta, the Maltese Archipelago was world famous for the quality of its blood oranges.
The almond is originally a native of Iran and surrounding countries [ Commonly used in the Middle East, India, and North Africa ] but has become widely cultivated elsewhere.
The Drupe is the fruit of the Almond tree and the Almond is its seed… Although commonly classified as a Nut it is actually a seed.
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