Easter bread

In many European countries, there are various traditions surrounding the use of bread during the Easter holidays. Traditionally the practice of eating Easter bread or sweetened "communion" bread traces its origin back to Byzantium and the Orthodox Christian church. The recipe for sweetened or "honey-leavened" bread may date back as far as the Homeric Greek period based on anecdotal evidence from classical texts that mention this type of special food. It is also widely known that sweetened bread desserts similar to panettone were a Roman favorite.

Examples

Bucolaj

Casatièllo

Italian leavened Easter savory bread with whole eggs

Chorek

pastry known under various names in the Balkans

Colomba di Pasqua

Italian traditional Easter cake

Folar

Portuguese Easter bread

Hawaiian roll

Lightly sweetened bread, often eaten on holidays

Hornazo

Spanish baked meat.

Hot cross bun

Spiced sweet bun made with currants or raisins and marked with a cross on the top, traditionally eaten on Good Friday

Kifli

crescent-shaped bread roll, originating in Central Europe

Kolach (bread)

Eastern European bread

Kozuna

Kozunak

sweet leavened bread, traditional to Romania and Bulgaria

Kulitsa

Finnish and Russian Easter bread

Lazarakia

small, sweet spice breads made by Greek Orthodox Christians on Lazarus Saturday

Paasstol

Dutch Easter bread with dried fruits

Pan di ramerino

Tuscan sweet bread with olive oil, raisins, and rosemary

Pască

Easter bread

Penia

type of sweet Italian bread

Pinca

Pizza di Pasqua

Italian savory Easter cake

Portuguese sweet bread

Lightly sweetened bread, often eaten on holidays

Resta di Como

Schiacciata di Pasqua

pastry known under various names in the Balkans

Subcategories: Bucolaj^hr Casatièllo^it Chorek Colomba di Pasqua^it Folar^pt Hawaiian roll Hornazo^es Hot cross bun Kifli Kolach (bread)^pl Kozuna Kozunak Kulitsa^fi Lazarakia^el Paasstol^nl Pan di ramerino^it Pască Penia^it Pinca Pizza di Pasqua^it Portuguese sweet bread^pt Resta di Como^it Schiacciata di Pasqua^it Tortano^it Tsoureki^el

Categories: Bread

Characteristic of: European cuisine German cuisine North German cuisine Sardinia cuisine Schleswig-Holstein cuisine Slavic cuisine

Contains, including ancestors: Wheat

Also known as:

Wikidata ID: Q267726

Wikipedia title: Easter bread

References:

Wikipedia article: Easter bread

Inbound Links

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