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15 Easter foods from around the world

20 April, 2022 by Michaela Bisset 5 Min Read

https://expatliving.hk/15-traditional-easter-foods-from-around-the-world/

There’s so much more to Easter than just chocolate eggs and bunnies. Here, we pay homage to the annual celebration with a look at fifteen traditional Easter foods from around the world.

Hot cross buns

Probably the best-known Easter food dish of all time – traditionally eaten in countries like the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and America – the hot cross bun is a lightly spiced, sweet bun that typically contains currants or raisins. A distinct feature is the marked cross on top. This is commonly believed to signify the crucifixion of Jesus. While hot cross buns were once reserved for Good Friday alone, we’re now able to get them at any time of the year. Check out our Easter Baked Pudding recipe that features hot cross buns!

Easter food - Hot Cross Buns
Origin: UK

Simnel cake

This dessert, popular in the UK and Ireland, is a light fruit cake filled with two layers – one in the middle and one on top – of almond paste or marzipan. Usually, eleven or twelve marzipan balls are used to decorate the cake, signifying the apostles.

simnel cake easter
Origin: UK

Tsoureki

Traditionally served to break the Lenten fast, this braided, sweet, egg-enriched bread – also eaten in Hungary and the Czech Republic, among other countries – can come in savoury versions, too. Taste and texture-wise, it’s similar to brioche, panettone and challah bread: think soft and fluffy, yet slightly chewy.

greek easter bread
Origin: Greek

Gubana

Apart from Easter, this traditional, round Italian bread is also made for Christmas and weddings. A cross between brioche and cake, gubana can be filled with nuts, raisins, chocolate and brandy.

Easter food - gubana easter bread

Kulich

Eaten only between Easter Sunday and Pentecost (49 days after Easter), kulich, which is baked in tall, cylindrical tins, is decorated with white icing and colourful sprinkles or flowers; it has a similar recipe to the Italian panettone, and is blessed by the priest before consumption. Kulich is commonly eaten in countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Georgia.

kulich russia easter
Origin: Russia

Fanesca

Typically served only during the Holy Week (one week before Easter), this rice soup consists of fig-leaf gourd, pumpkin and 12 kinds of beans and grains. The ingredients and preparation method can vary regionally, and from one family to another, but it’s often garnished with hard-boiled eggs, fried plantains and herbs.

fanesca easter
Origin: Ecuador

Capirotada

Usually eaten on Good Friday, this bread pudding-style dish comprises toasted bolillo (a baguette-like bread) soaked in a mulled syrup made of clove, cinnamon sticks and whole cane sugar. Nuts, seed, dried fruits and aged cheese are often added, too.

Capirotada easter bread
Origin: Mexico

Cape Malay pickled fish

While there are varying tales around the recipe’s origins, pickled fish has been eaten in Cape Town for hundreds of years, since the Cape Colony. After it’s cooked, the fish is often left in the fridge for at least 24 hours, then served with salads, hot cross buns or crusty breads.

pickled fish recipe
Origin: South Africa

Mämmi

Usually served with cold cream and sugar, this traditional Finnish Easter dessert is made from rye flour, molasses, salt and powdered orange zest, using a long sweetening and setting process.

Easter food - Mammi
Origin: Finland

Pashka

This festive pyramid-shaped dessert made from cheese is customarily decorated with the letters “XB” from “Christos Voskrese” which means “Christ is risen” in Russian.

Easter food- Pashka
Origin: Russia

Babka wielkanocna

The Polish version of kulich, this sweet yeast cake, which is also similar to Italian panettone, is usually decorated with almonds or rum-soaked raisins, and can be glazed with vanilla or chocolate icing or left plain.

Babka wielkanocna
Origin: Poland

Tarta Pascualina

Similar to a quiche, this vegetarian “Easter time tart” is traditionally eaten during Lent. The puff pastry is filled with ricotta cheese, spinach and egg.

Easter food - Tarta Pascualina
Origin: Argentina

Hornazo

This meat pie is stuffed with pork loin, spicy chorizo and hard-boiled eggs. It’s eaten during Lent throughout Spain, particularly in Salamanca and Ávila.

Easter food- Hornazo
Origin: Spain

Bun & Cheese

A twist on the hot cross bun tradition from the UK, the Jamaican bun and cheese has traditionally been eaten on Good Friday and Easter since the island nation was colonised by Britain in the 1600s.

Easter food- bun and cheese
Origin: Jamaica

Ma’amoul

This ancient Middle Eastern semolina shortbread pastry is stuffed with pistachios, almonds or walnuts, and dates and figs, and moulded or stamped with geometric designs that represent Jesus.

Easter food - Ma’amoul
Origin: Lebanon


Looking for more Easter food inspiration and things to do? Check out our 3 Fun Easter Recipes to make at home and see our Guide to Egg-cellent things to do this Easter!

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