{"id":2237,"date":"2017-04-17T12:19:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T11:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belpiemonte.com\/en\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2017-08-20T18:55:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T17:55:00","slug":"easter-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.belpiemonte.com\/en\/easter-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

How is it with Easter in Italy? In theory it\u2019s a very important holiday, but \u00a0in reality it is not so much celebrated anymore. In my opinion Italian saying: Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi voi <\/em>(which means you are supposed to spend Christmas with your family and Easter with whoever you like) illustrates in the best way the its character in Bel Paese.<\/p>\n

\"Easter<\/a>
Pasqua con chi vuoi \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Very often people spend this time with their friends, they enjoy staying at home or go for vacations. Which doesn\u2019t mean a long distance trips. My friends from Piedmont<\/strong> go to Liguria, where temperatures are usulay higher then in the central part of the country. And who is lucky to have a house with the Langhe and Roero<\/strong><\/a> hills view, can simply sit down with a glass of wine admiring the beauty of this region and in this way charge batteries.<\/p>\n

\"Langhe<\/a>
who wouldn’t like to live in a such house with a so amazing view?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have to admit I really like this easy going attitude, no musts and duties of arranging family reunions, \u00a0on the other hand living there I missed some Polish customs like decorating Easter baskets with paint hard-boiled eggs (pisanki), some food like ham, bread, salt and twig of boxwood or some Polish traditional food. While I enjoyed very much colomba<\/em> (dove shape cake) which I used to eat \u00a0for breakfast with coffee. \u00a0During Christmas time pnettone<\/em> is the king of the table, while during Easter time it\u2019s its close couisine \u2013 colomba<\/em>. Why cousine? Because it\u2019s very similar in taste and preparation method (the dough is made with flour, eggs, sugar, butter and it usually contains candied peel and no raisins). This similarity is not accidental as the Easter cake was invented in 30s of 20th<\/sup> century, in confectionary factory Motta in Lombardia, popular at that time from their great panettoni<\/em>. By the way, they had a business – wise idea \u2013 despite getting profit only ones a year, they were able to double it with a low cost.<\/p>\n

\"Colomba<\/a>
colomba di pasqua<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite colomba<\/em>, giant chocolate eggs (uova di pasqua<\/em>) are important protagonists of Easter. There are loved especially by children as usually there is a surprise hidden inside the chocolate shell.\u00a0For all the time before Easter shop window of pasticerie<\/em> attracts with tasty and beautifully packaged, sometime in extraordinary shapes \u2013 despite eggs I saw bunnies, pigs, cows and also a phone\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Uova<\/a>
Uova di pasqua<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of course each Italian region has its own traditional meal for Easter but for me what suits the best is a big plate of green asparagus served with fried egg<\/a>. Seasonal, healthy, delisiuous and very much about Easter. Buona Pasqua<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How is it with Easter in Italy? In theory it\u2019s a very important holiday, but \u00a0in reality it is not so much celebrated anymore. In my opinion Italian saying: Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi voi (which means you are supposed to spend Christmas with your family and Easter with whoever you like) illustrates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italian-lifestyle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t