5 Easter Treats from Around the World
Something different from your standard Easter bread: these traditional Easter treats from around the world. From maamoul from Lebanon to kulich from Russia.
Easter: we’re used to having Easter bread and eggs for breakfast or brunch, followed by asparagus or leg of lamb in the evening. Delicious, but it’s also fun to do things completely differently sometimes. We’re taking inspiration from our neighbors and listing our favorite traditional and typical Easter treats from around the world for you.
1. Maamoul, Lebanon
Sweet cookies in various shapes filled with dates, nuts or figs. They are widely eaten by the Christian community in the Middle East during Easter. Want to make them yourself? With the help of this recipe, you’ll make a great impression this Easter. No desire or time to bake? At Alsham Delights in Amsterdam, you can get all kinds of Arabic snacks, including maamoul.
2. Capirotada, Mexico
This Mexican bread pudding is the star of your brunch table, especially when you’re entertaining a large group. Traditionally, it’s made with bolillo, a Mexican baguette that is first soaked in sugar syrup. Dried fruit and nuts are added as well. With this recipe, you’ll have your own capirotada on the table next weekend.
3. Fanesca, Ecuador
For when you want to weigh a hundred kilos after Easter: fanesca, one of the best-known and most typical dishes from Ecuador. It is a special soup made only once a year during Holy Week, the week before Easter. It is a richly filled soup with a truly insane number of ingredients. Think pumpkin, rice, peas, lentils, fish, corn and twelve different beans symbolizing the twelve apostles of Jesus. The soup is often topped up with ingredients such as egg, avocado and empanadas. Absolutely unreal. Want to give it a try yourself? Follow this recipe.
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4. Kulich from Russia
In Russia and other Eastern European countries, Easter is celebrated with kulich, a traditional Easter bread dripping with vanilla icing. It is a fluffy sweet bread, but it looks like a cake. The vanilla icing is essential and is often decorated with colored sprinkles as well. Here’s how to make it yourself.
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5. Pizza chiena
Easter in Italy isn’t celebrated with dry matzo and hard-boiled eggs. Instead, the fluffiest cakes and gigantic chocolate bunnies make an appearance. And that’s not all: pizza chiena is part of the festivities too. This is a true pizza pie from Naples. The filling consists of eggs, various cured meats and cheeses. A nice change from your standard Easter bread.
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