Ġbejniet are individual cheeselettes formed in little plastic baskets made from fresh goat or sheep milk. In Malta you can buy them fresh, dried or peppered. On many Gozitan rooftops you can still see homemade ġbejniet drying in specially made open air cages.

Fresh ġbejniet are often added to soups and are also served with fresh local bread. Dried ġbejniet can be grated and used instead of parmesan. Both Hoover and Fussy love the peppered ones and are happy to eat them on their own or with a thick slice of buttered bread.

This photo of Hoover starring longingly at some peppered ġbejniet was taken a couple of years ago in Gozo when she was just two. Hoover would drag her papa out of bed early in the morning to go get freshly baked bread and peppered ġbejniet to have for lunch.