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12 gozotoday | FRIDAY • 11 OCTOBER 2024 FOOD & DRINK The Old Prison lies adjacent to the Courts of Justice (to which it was originally connected) in the Gozo Citadel. Today's entrance hall served as a communal cell in the 19th century and now hosts a permanent exhibition on fortifications, while a separate block of six individual cells makes up the rest of the prison Which was in use from the mid-16th century until the beginning of the 20th century. From soon after their arrival in Malta, the Knights of St John used this prison to contain their rowdy and disruptive members. The list of notorious inmates includes none other than Fra Jean Parisot de La Valette, Grand Master and commander during the Great Siege of 1565 and founder of Valletta. In 1538, he spent four months in the Gozo prison after attacking another man (who was not a Knight). Did you know? 1. In a proper cooking soup bowl, heat 2 tablespoons of oil. Add the onion, carrot, celery and brown gently. 2. Stir in the tomato paste, then top with beans, polpa (crushed tomatoes), and peas. 3. Dissolve the vegetable stock cube in the water and add it to the cooked ingredients. 4. Bring to a boil and add the kusksu, salt, pepper and sugar. 5. Keep stirring so the pasta doesn't stick to the bottom. 6. Cook for 15 minutes until the pasta is tender. Presentation For a fine presentation of this very typical Maltese dish, you will impress your guests if you put a whole fresh cheeselet on each soup bowl. Top also with fresh parmesan and cracked pepper. Traditional kusksu • 2 tbs vegetable oil • 1 large onion, finely chopped • 1 carrot, cut into rings • 1 fresh celery stick, chopped • 1 tbs tomato paste, Kunserva • 1 cup (200 grams) broad beans • 1 can polpa • 1 can peas • 1 vegetable stock cube • 8 cups (2 liters) water • 1 cup (250 grams) kuskus (couscous) pasta • Sprinkle salt and fresh peppercorns • 1 tspn Sugar • For topping: 6 Ġbejniet, fresh parmesan cheese and fresh cracked pepper Ingredients Method