Whether you’re planning an Easter feast for family and friends, or wanting to gift yourself an Easter treat over the long weekend, we’ve rounded up a list of the most delicious Easter foods to include in your plans!
Old Favourites;
Many of us tuck into a handful (or more) of chocolate eggs on Easter Sunday morning but do you know where the tradition comes from?
Eggs traditionally represent new life, and hollow eggs are thought to symbolise the empty tomb after the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The first chocolate eggs appeared in Europe in the 19th century, but as chocolate-making techniques improved over decades, the modern Easter eggs we know and love were developed.
As the legend of the Easter Bunny became more popular, so did chocolate bunnies. However the biggest question remains unanswered; should they be eaten ears first or tail first?
Here at Interflora Australia we are big fans of the hot cross bun. The spiced, sweet bun is traditionally eaten on Good Friday, although we tend to eat them in the weeks leading up to it!
The cross on top is intended to represent the crucifixion of Jesus, while the spices are said to signify the spices put on his body.
From Around the World;
Easter foods are unique across many different nations, have you tried any of these delicious sweet treats?
- Mona de Pascua (Spain), a traditional Easter cake that appears similar to a large doughnut, is often decorated with a hard-boiled egg on top.
- Pinca (Eastern Europe), similar to a large hot cross bun, the sweet bread is marked with a cross.
- Pashka (Russia) is a pyramid-shaped dessert made from cheese. It is typically decorated with religious symbols such as the letters ‘XB’, from ‘Christos Voskres’ which means ‘Christ is Risen’.
- Capirotada (Mexico) is a spiced Mexican bread pudding whose ingredients carry a reminder of the suffering of Christ. Cloves represent the nails on the cross, cinnamon sticks the cross itself, and the bread as the Body of Christ.
- Tsoureki (Greece), a brioche-style bread flavoured with wild cherry essence and decorated with hard-boiled eggs dyed red to symbolise the blood of Christ.
- Colomba di Paqua (Italy) is a candied peel-stuff cake often shaped like a dove. It is similar in taste to Italian Christmas bread panettone!
- Kulich (Bulgaria, Georgia, Russia, and others), a cake baked in a tall tin, is decorated with white icing and coloured sprinkles and/or flowers. This cake may be blessed by a priest after Easter service.
- Rosquillas (Spain) is a baked or fried doughnut sometimes dusted with sugar, flavoured with rosemary, or soaked in anise liqueur.
Find out more about Easter traditions and activities from around the world.
And just in case you overdo it with the chocolate eggs or unique sweet treats from around the world, make like a real life Easter bunny and throw some carrots into your shopping basket.
Happy Easter from the (overstuffed with chocolate) Interflora team!
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