🕊 Easter at Palazzo Preca: A Celebration of Maltese Tradition and Spring Flavour

Ramona Preca
Feb 27
1 min read

Easter in Malta is one of the most meaningful and beautiful times of the year. In Valletta, the streets fill with celebration, church processions, and families gathering around the table to share traditional food.

At Palazzo Preca, Easter is not just a seasonal event — it is part of our family story. Having grown up in my father’s restaurant, I learned early that Easter Sunday service was about more than cooking. It was about heritage, generosity, and bringing people together.

Today, we continue that tradition with refined Maltese cuisine rooted in seasonality and authenticity.

1. Figolli – The Iconic Easter Sweet

No Easter in Malta is complete without figolli, almond-filled pastries shaped in symbolic forms and decorated by hand. These traditional sweets represent celebration and joy after the solemn period of Lent.

2. Spring Lamb

Lamb is central to Easter Sunday lunch across Malta. At Palazzo Preca, we honour this tradition with carefully prepared lamb dishes that highlight tenderness and depth of flavour, often paired with fresh seasonal vegetables.

3. Seasonal Spring Vegetables

Easter coincides with the best of Maltese spring produce:

Fresh artichokes (including those sourced from Rabat)
Broad beans
Peas
Wild seasonal greens

These ingredients inspire our Easter specials and reflect our commitment to local sourcing and freshness.

1 Comment

Alex

Mar 04

This is such a beautiful snapshot of Easter in Malta – it really feels like you’re inviting readers to sit at the table with you. I love how you connect the figolli, lamb and spring vegetables to family stories and local traditions, rather than just listing dishes, because it shows how much care goes into the menu at Palazzo Preca. The emphasis on seasonality and Maltese culture also makes it the kind of experience people will remember long after the holiday, the same way many of us remember a favourite place, celebration or even a special outfit found while browsing 2nd hand clothes online.