The best easter food in Europe

Fancy something new for the Easter table? How about a dish from another country? We have 9 traditional Easter dishes from Europe to try!

Bring the scents of foreign cuisine into your home or try the following Easter dishes directly in the respective country! Enjoy a feast!

1. Germany: Easter lamb

As in many other countries, lamb is often eaten in Germany at Easter, but not only in the traditional form. The Easter lamb is a typical dessert that is prepared in different variants. In Germany, people also like to have brunch with family, relatives and friends at Easter, with traditional Easter delicacies such as yeast braid and colorful hard-boiled eggs as well as modern brunch dishes such as various omelettes on the table.

2. England: Roast Spring Lamb

If you are spending Easter in England or want to prepare an English Easter celebration, you should keep an eye on the Roast Spring Lamb. It is a traditional dish that comes to the table at Easter. Chocolate tigers should try the following modern dish, which requires the delicious Cadbury Creme Eggs or something similar: Creme Egg Brownies. The creamy chocolate eggs are halved and baked in an airy chocolate batter and the cream filling then melts over the cake… Mmmh!

3. Italy: Colomba Pasquale

In Catholic Italy, of course, Easter is a big celebration and one dish should not be missing: Colomba Pasquale. There are several legends surrounding the origin of the recipe, but it has certainly been on the Easter menu list for quite some time. The sweet high cake is baked with grated orange and lemon peel and also has candied fruit, raisins and almonds in the batter.

4. Croatia: Pinca bread

In Croatia, just like in Germany, there are also colorful hard-boiled eggs at Easter, which are then used to celebrate the popular Easter egg tucks – i.e. the targeted smashing of two Easter eggs to see which egg survives in the end. People also like to eat cooked ham and, depending on the season, spring onions, radishes and horseradish are also eaten. Another very traditional dish is Pinca bread, which is not entirely dissimilar to German yeast plaited bread.

5. Russia: Kulich (Кули́ч)

Orthodox Russia also has a number of Easter dishes, one of which is kulich (Кули́ч), a yeast dough cake glazed with icing sugar. An abbreviation of the lettering “Christ is risen” is also often painted on the cake. Pasha (Пасха), also a traditional Easter dish, is made from cottage cheese, cream, butter, sugar and eggs. In general, there are many delicious cake variants in Russia that are worth trying!

6. Spain: Torrija

Easter in Spain is an important holiday or better celebration week and of course there are also traditional dishes for the occasion. Torrija, for example, are slices of bread that are dipped in milk, wine, honey, spices and egg and fried in a pan with olive oil. Garlic soup is also a traditional Easter dish. Other sweet Easter treats include buñuelos – yeast dough balls with aniseed – and La Mona de Pascua, a traditional one
Catalan cake decorated with slivers of almonds, colorful hard-boiled eggs and other Easter decorations.

7. France: Le Gigot d’Agneau Pascal

Lamb is also served at Easter in France, namely Le Gigot d’Agneau Pascal. The leg of the lamb is cooked in the oven with garlic, salt, pepper and olive oil (if you like, you can also add rosemary and herbs de Provence). It is traditionally eaten with green beans and baked potatoes. If you have any leftovers, you can prepare delicious bread for the next day.

8. Poland: Mazurek

Poland can also be described as very Catholic and Easter is of course important. This includes dishes like pasha, which is the one above
mentioned Russian dish is very similar, but also mazurek. This is a thin sheet cake with a base made of shortcrust pastry. This is followed by a second layer of dough, with many different variations. The whole thing is then rounded off with jam and chocolate on top. There are actually no limits to creativity with this recipe. In general, Poland likes to have cakes at Easter, so snacking is definitely allowed after Lent!

9. Finland: Mammi

An absolute traditional dish in Finland is the so-called Mämmi, a malt pudding (which tastes not unlike Guinness beer), which is often eaten with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. The dish is eaten in Finland, especially on Good Friday and generally during Lent, much more and much more often than usual in the year.