1. A traditional Maltese Easter recipe

2. For the pastry 800g Self raising flour 240g sugar 240g margarine grated lemon or orange peel 4 eggs vanilla Filling 400g. Almonds 200g sugar 2 egg whites Almond essence Some water or orange juice Ingredients Figolli is a traditional Maltese Easter sweet

4. The ingredients for the pastry

6. Rub in margarine and flour together

8. Add the sugar and lemon peel.

10. Add the eggs and vanilla.

12. Form the pastry into a ball using cold milk or water. Leave to stand for 1 hour.

14. Ingredients for filling

15. Mix almonds and sugar together.

16. Beat the egg whites and add to the mixture.

17. Add the essence and mix together. Add some water or orange juice.

18. The pastry and filling

19. Roll out the dough.

20. Cut out shapes.

21. Fill with almond filling.

22. Cover with another cut out shape.

23. Cut various shapes.

24. Bake in a moderate oven for about 30 minutes.

25. Cover with chocolate icing.