Easter Dishes From Different Countries. Exotic? Traditions!

In this article, learn more about Easter Dishes From Different Countries. Exotic? Traditions!. Find out what is cooked for Easter around the world. Easy recipes included!.

Find out what is cooked for Easter around the world. Easy recipes included!

France: leg of lamb and huge omelet

 

In France, a leg of lamb or le gigot d'agneau Pascal is baked at Easter. By the way, there is nothing difficult in preparing this dish. The meat (it was the lamb that was slaughtered and sacrificed to the gods) is rubbed with salt, garlic and rosemary, and then baked.

And in small French cities, people gather in the central square and bake a giant omelette of 4,500 eggs for 1,000 people! The story goes that the army led by Napoleon was marching through the south of France, the soldiers stopped in a small town and ate an omelet. Napoleon liked the dish so much that she ordered the inhabitants of the town to collect all the eggs they had and bake a huge omelet for the whole army the next day.

Bermuda: Cod Pie and Buns

 

On Good Friday, Bermudians fly kites, eat cod pie and buns adorned with a cross.

All this thanks to (or because of) the British. With pie and buns, of course (all this is in British tradition), but where does the kite come from? Tradition says that a local Sunday school teacher from the British Army explained to the students the meaning of the Ascension of Jesus, and made a snake, the basis of which is the cross.

United Kingdom: Simnel Easter Cake

In addition to buns with a cross, the British bake a cake with dried fruits and homemade marzipan, and eat it on the fourth Sunday of Lent. Decorate the cupcake with 12 marzipan balls according to the number of Apostles.

Russia: cottage cheese Easter

 

Russians prepare a delicate dessert called "Easter" from cottage cheese and sour cream. Easter is insisted in a special form for 10-12 hours, traditionally decorated with dried fruits and the letters ХВ, which means "Christ is Risen". 

Finland: mammy

The traditional Finnish Easter dish, mämmi, is made from rye flour, malt, salt, sugar, and orange peel. The porridge is baked at a low temperature, cooled and then served with milk or cream. The delicacy is prepared in advance, because. Mummy should be kept in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.

Germany: Chervil Soup

 

Green soup made from wild parsley or chervil is served on Maundy Thursday. Vegetables are boiled in vegetable broth: potatoes, celery, leek, chervil. Then beat with a blender and serve. Healthy, healthy and very tasty!

Greece: Easter cake with eggs

Greek Easter cake is similar to challah, the molding resembles a braid of three flagella (a tribute to the Holy Trinity). And decorate such a cake with boiled eggs.

Spain: donuts

 

Easter donuts are served during Holy Week. They are prepared without yeast and decorated with powdered sugar. 

Italy: Easter dove

A rich dove-shaped pastry with dried fruits and nuts traditionally completes the Easter meal in Italy. The dove is a symbol of rebirth, hope, peace, spring.

USA: baked meat

 

In American families, for Easter, pork is baked under a sweet glaze of brown sugar and honey, sometimes pineapple mugs are laid on top.

According to tradition, prior to the advent of the refrigerator, animals were typically slaughtered in the fall, with jerky being ready to eat just in time for Easter.

Mexico: capirotada pudding

During Lent, Mexicans make a pudding made from baguette-like bread and a syrup made from sugar, cinnamon sticks, and cloves. Traditionally pudding is decorated with nuts, dried fruits, bright confectionery dressing. Capirotada symbolizes the crucifixion of Christ: cinnamon sticks - the cross, bread - the body of the Lord.

Poland: grandma

 

A round cake with sweet icing for Easter is a must for the Poles. Each housewife bakes a grandmother according to her own recipe, but the basis is always oil, eggs, flour, sugar, juice and lemon zest.

Ingredients:

4 large eggs at room temperature; 200 g butter; juice and zest of one lemon; 180 g of sugar; 1 st. l. vanilla sugar; 160 g wheat flour; 90 g of potato starch; 1 tsp baking powder; a piece of butter for greasing the mold and breadcrumbs / ground nuts; powdered sugar for decoration.

Eggs from the refrigerator will beat better if they are warmed. Put the eggs in a bowl and cover with warm water for 10 minutes. If necessary, replace the water.

Prepare a cake pan (diameter 22-25 cm), grease with butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs or ground nuts. Turn on the oven to heat up to 170 degrees.

Melt butter in a saucepan, add lemon juice and zest, remove from heat.

In a tall bowl, beat eggs, add sugar and beat with a mixer for 10 minutes until fluffy. In the process, add vanilla sugar.

In another bowl, mix flour, cornstarch and baking powder.

Pour dry ingredients into a bowl with beaten eggs, mix with a mixer at low speed until smooth. 

Then add melted butter and mix well again. The dough will look like pudding.

Pour the dough into a mold and send it to a hot oven for 45 minutes or until a dry skewer.

We cool the finished grandmother and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Ecuador: fanesca soup

Fanesca hot soup consists of cereals, beans, bacalhau (salted cod). Among the required ingredients are beans, pumpkin, corn, rice, garlic, onions, peas and milk. Ideally, use 12 varieties of legumes, according to the number of Apostles. Bacalhau in this dish symbolizes Jesus.