Italian easter recipes traditional

Explore the personal stories behind these traditional Italian Easter recipes, from pizza rustica to sweet ricotta pies and dove bread.

Colomba Pasquale- Italian Easter Dove Bread, is an Italian sweet yeast bread (cake) that is traditional for Easter and is shaped into a dove.

Italian Neapolitan Pastiera is a traditional Easter dessert. It's made with cooked wheat berries, ricotta cheese and candied citrus fruit.

Italian Easter Meat Pie, also known as pizzagaina and pizza rustica, is a hearty, indulgent and decadent savory pie abundant with cured meats, cheeses and eggs in a buttery crust. It’s traditionally enjoyed in Italian households to signify the end of Lent and that Easter has arrived!

Hungry for more flavor revelations? Your journey doesn't end here! Indulge in the poetic rhythms of your palate with our Easter Rice Pie !! daily Desserts culinary verse. How to Make this Easy Delish Easter Rice Pie Recipe Enjoy it and don’t forget to share it! Sharing is Caring!! Rice pie (along with Ricotta pie) is our family’s traditional Easter dessert. Like many Italian desserts, it is simple and not very sweet. The rice settles to the bottom leaving a custard-like … The post <a…

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Grandma Rose was from Calabria Italy. We always had this at Easter time. Great for toast and really good for French Toast. Just eat with a dab fresh butter and a cup of coffee. If you braid it, you can put sugar cubes on top that will burst in the oven in those areas, That is how the Italian bakeries do the tops. Ours is plain....

Have you ever wondered how Italian families celebrate Easter? We usually have a long lunch with family and close friends, exchange chocolate eggs, and we eat…a

Rice, eggs, and ricotta mixed in a pie crust with sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice make up this excellent Italian-style Easter dessert.

Traditional savory pie made at Easter time to mark the end of lent and fasting. It takes more time than skill but well worth the effort. First you make a pepper crust. for the crust: 2 cups of flour 2 eggs 3 tablespoons olive oil salt and lots of fresh cracked black pepper add water as needed knead until smooth, wrap in plastic wrap and set aside to rest Next make the filling, I used: 2lbs proscuttini (Italian black pepper crusted ham) 1 stick pepperoni 1 stick sopprasade 1 fresh Italian…