Wednesday 31 March 2021

Lenten and Easter Food

                  
I think it would be fitting to include a note on seasonal food which is associated with Lent and Easter. The one item that is very popular during Holy Week is the large loaf of fresh and crunchy bread made in the shape of a circle or donut, which is customarily given to the 12 apostles chosen to have their feet washed on Holy Thursday. They are also sold in large quantities in stores and bakeries. They are enhanced by sesame seeds and almonds, as you can see from the photo above. Another popular item is known as kwarezimal, popular during Lent, made from ground almonds, orange blossom, and mixed spices which are then glazed with honey and topped with even more crushed almonds. 

Kwarezimal

The most popular Easter treat is the figolla, made from pastry stuffed with almond paste and then covered with icing, although chocolate is also being used recently. These figolli are shaped in various forms, bunnies, ducks, hearts, baskets, boys and girls, bears and anything the baker thinks of. They are usually topped with an Easter egg. Bon appétit!

Some of the figolli my parents used to make.

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