Malta Joe's Baked Goods, LLC

Absolutely delicious! Malta Joe makes the best pastizzi my husband has had outside of Malta! He's Maltese, so he knows his pastizzi. This man has had a lot of pastizzi over his lifetime.

We recently visited Malta where we had the pleasure of eating pastizzi from lots of different places. Our favorite was the pastizzi at Crystal Palace. We were in Malta for about two weeks and I kid you not, my husband had pastizzi every single day, sometimes multiple times a day.
Once we were back in the states, he kept craving pastizzi. He told me that growing up in Detroit, his aunt would make delicious pastizzi before she passed away. But he said there were lots of places to get pastizzi in Detroit where you could buy them frozen and bake them at home and that he wished we had that out here in Arizona.

So I went online to see if I could find any local places that make pastizzi. In doing so, I came across some great reviews for Malta Joe's Baked Goods, so I thought I'd give him a try. I ordered two dozen pastizzi yesterday and picked them up today. As soon I returned home, my husband asked me to put several in the oven right away so that he could try them. He wasn't going to get his hopes high though because he said that the frozen ones he used to make in Detroit never tasted as good as the ones that were fresh from the bakery.

But once I pulled these out of the oven, he took one bite and was really impressed! All I could hear was "Mmmmm...., these are really good!"
The crust was light and flaky, the flavors were rich and savory. He was genuinely delighted.

Yay! I'm so glad we found Malta Joe's. I have a feeling I will be ordering from him on a regular basis!

On a trip from Florida to California I found Malta Joe's on google maps by accident. Being born in Malta I have to say I was skeptical about finding good pastizzi in the middle of the desert. If your Maltese, this place is the real deal. If not, and your not even sure you can pronounce pastizzi, tell Joe a dozen cheese! He'll know what you mean. You and your family are going to love it enough to start a tradition.
Thanks Malta Joe!!

My family loves the Southwest and split pea pastizzi especially. Savory, flaky and amazingly good. Thank you Malta Joe!

I am a huge fan. The Ricotta are my favorite!