EASTER. This Sunday April 9th ??is Easter! Menus, Easter lamb and chocolate cake recipes or even egg hunts. Here is a selection of recipes and activities to celebrate Easter.
[Updated April 9, 2023 at 11:37 a.m.] While Easter is originally a sacred day that marks the resurrection of Christ for Christians, it is also a gourmet and family tradition. For gourmands, it’s an unexpected opportunity to eat dishes, each one more delicious than the next. Traditional recipes include Berrichon pâté, leg of lamb and chocolate eggs. Whether you want an Easter menu, quick, easy or, on the contrary, long and authentic recipes, find our recipe ideas below, the many egg hunts organized this weekend.
But by the way, where does this tradition of Easter bells come from? According to tradition, children were told that the bells were going to be blessed by the Pope in Rome and that when they returned at Easter they would chime and scatter eggs and bells in the gardens. The tradition of the rabbit comes from eastern France and Germany. The Easter Hare, called Osterhase, is symbolic of fertility and renewal in Germanic pagan tradition. In German-speaking Lorraine and Alsace, it is the Easter hare that scatters eggs in gardens.
At Easter, lamb, rabbit and eggs are the three main products of the traditional meal. Paschal lamb is the most traditional option for your menu. For those who don’t like lamb, opt for the rabbit. As for vegetarians, they will prefer eggs! At Easter, in addition to a menu including traditional dishes such as Easter lamb and chocolate eggs, you can also prepare innovative dishes. Find below several recipes, as well as their meanings.
It’s up to you to select the piece, between the shoulder, the leg, the rack or the mouse of lamb, and discover the recipe that gives you the most mouth water:
Also discover our recipe, simple and easy to make, homemade Easter chocolates via this tutorial, or check out our best recipes on the subject:
Know that chocolate eggs are not the only treats at Easter. If you want to stay in the tradition, then opt for the small Alsatian Easter lamb called osterlammele. These little egg-rich Easter lambs are originally offered the morning after Easter Mass. Tradition has it that it is surmounted by a small tissue paper pennant in Alsatian colours. If you want to stay in the spirit of chocolate bunnies, why not make Easter carrot cookies in the shape of bunnies or an Easter carrot cake, a must-have among English people? For those who prefer more chocolaty cakes, try the Chocolate Easter Nest, Oreo Chocolate Flower Pot Easter Cookies, or Orange Flavored Bavarian Decorated with Chocolate Eggs…yum! And if you want to be extra inventive, why not get molds in the shape of animals like lamb? Don’t forget to decorate your cakes with Easter eggs or mini chicks!
In Paris and in the region, the large parks, zoos and castles open their doors to you. If you take a trip to Alsace, celebrate Easter in the purest tradition in Colmar, with its markets and artisan exhibitions. For those who want to have fun, the Foire du Trône, Europe’s largest funfair, is opening its doors in Paris, and if not, why not join in on an escape game with friends? Find all our original ideas below:
Easter Sunday is April 9, 2023, followed by the Easter Monday holiday on April 10. How is the date of Easter scheduled each year? For a long time, Christians celebrated Easter at the same time as Passover, which could fall on a Sunday as well as a Monday or a Saturday. Passover is calculated on the lunar calendar (the month begins with the new moon) and falls on Nissan 15, the first month of the year, straddling March and April. But in 325, the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea decided that Easter should henceforth take place on a Sunday, the day of Jesus’ resurrection. For this, he establishes a clever calculation known as “Comput”. Easter Day is fixed on the first Sunday after the full moon which follows the first day of spring… Like Ascension or Pentecost, Easter is therefore a movable feast, celebrated between March 22 and April 25. Another difference: for the Orthodox who use the Julian calendar and not the Gregorian calendar, spring arrives on April 3 and not on March 20 or 21. Each year, the Orthodox Easter (which is also used in the singular) is therefore celebrated a few days later.
