Malta Prison Bakery Opens its Doors Till Easter Sunday
Malta Prison Bakery Opens its Doors Till Easter Sunday
Whilst doing research for my new book, The Taste of Joy: Mediterranean Wisdom For a Life Worth Savoring, the OhMyMalta team was fortunate to go to the Corradino Correctional Facility last year and see how the bread was made by the inmates and officers. Interestingly, the prisoners make more bread per week than any other bakery in Malta.
It is estimated that weekly, more than 2,000 Maltese loaves, 4,000 buns and over 1,000 French sliced loves are made in the facility. Having the opportunity to visit was an amazing experience and one that I will cherish.
During the week of Good Friday leading up to Easter, they open their doors to the public and sell their bread and baked goods including traditional Easter foods from a kiosk right outside the prison. I was told that the line forms around the block to buy the best bread on the island and today I got to find out why! These breads and sweets are incredible!
Svetlana Muscat, coordinator of media relations for the Correctional Facility showed us the incredible breads and sweets. There were not only the large Apostle’s ring loaves covered in sesame seeds, but also kannoli tal-Irkotta, chocolate chip buns, doughnuts, croissants, pudina, butter cakes, figolli and more traditional Easter treats.
If you have never tried these breads and cakes, get there quickly! When we were there they had already run out of their famous Żeppoli ta’ San Ġużepp.
They are open between 8 am to 5 pm until Easter, which will be open from 8 am until noon that day.
