Top 4 dishes to enjoy this Easter in Italy

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Starting right from home-prepared lamb, pasta and old styled desserts, in Italy, during Easter, the mealtimes have richer spread than usual. Easter traditions from Campania to Puglia, Lombardy to Liguria, in Umbria, Marche, and Sardinia, it’s a serious matter, particularly when it comes to gastronomy.

Inquisitive to search for more that next time in Italy, what to eat at Easter? Here we have compiled a choice, from sweet to savory, the top 4 distinctive Easter dishes to enjoy.

Neapolitan pastiera is one of the most cherished Neapolitan Easter deserts known all through Italy. The tart needs some time to make at home. It’s famous for its unique taste. Nowadays it can be made simply, short crust pastry, wheat baked in ricotta, milk, and eggs, however it’s the extended process that makes it a gastronomic masterpiece.

In Genoa, on the distinctive Easter menu and all through Liguria, there is a spicy pleasure that never gets flopped: the torta Pasqualina, a puff pastry full with ricotta, spinach, cheese and whole eggs.

Yet another special food that is always present on the Campania Easter menu: the Neapolitan casatiello, a spicy bread that is filled with salami, cheese, pork cracklings and eggs.

During Easter, the colomba pasquale is a common dessert. It’s a bit like Pandoro and Panettone cakes made during Christmas.

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