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Easter

Easter is the most important of the religious festivals in the Christian liturgical year and celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, which Christians believe occurred on the third day after his crucifixion some time in the period AD 27 to 33. Many pagan elements have become part of the celebration, and those aspects are often celebrated by many Christians and non-Christians alike.

Easter is such an important celebration in the Christian calendar that it is hardly surprising that various culinary traditions have grown up around it. From Europe, through Africa, the Middle Easy and to the Americas there are drinks and dishes that are specifically served at Easter only.

Part of this tradition is to do with the fasting days of lent. The days leading up to Easter are meatless and either vegetarian or fish-based dishes only are served. The period of lent itself begins with Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday) where the last of the year's rich produce is consumed. There are then meatless or lenten days leading up to Easter itself.

As well as being served for Easter it is also traditional to decorate eggs for Easter itself and many cakes and desserts are often decorated with eggs (originally coloured chicken eggs, though candy and chocolate eggs are often used today).

For the complete list of recipes, please scroll down to the 'links to Easter recipes' below.

This is a continuation of the recipes listings for Easter (the page in fact). With over 250 recipes in total, the recipes have had to be broken down into a number of individual pages, which you can scroll through below. If you would like to learn a little more about Easter itself and the cookery traditions associated with it, then please go to the first listing page for these Easter recipes for the main information page. Here you will get just a list of the additional Easter recipes available on this site.