Holiday menus

Easter 2027

Easter breakfast from the blessing basket and the holiday lunch: ham, eggs, horseradish, pinca and lamb.

Sunday, March 28, 2027

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Menu

Swap any dish for another traditional one or one of our recipes.

Easter breakfast

Sunday, March 28

  • Main course · Traditional

    Boiled ham with horseradish

    Smoked ham boiled whole, with grated horseradish: the heart of Easter breakfast.

    180 min

  • Starter · Traditional

    Boiled eggs and pisanice

    Eggs boiled in the ham's water and dyed in onion skins.

    30 min

  • Side · Traditional

    Spring onions and radishes

    The fresh spring side to ham and eggs.

    10 min

  • Bread · Traditional

    Pinca (Easter sweet bread)

    Sweet Easter bread of yeast dough with lemon zest, scored with a cross.

    180 min

Easter lunch

Sunday, March 28

  • Soup · Traditional

    Chicken soup

    Home-made chicken soup with vegetables and noodles.

    140 min

  • Main course · Traditional

    Roast lamb with new potatoes

    Lamb roasted with new potatoes, garlic and rosemary.

    180 min

  • Salad · Traditional

    Green salad

    Young lettuce with vinegar and oil.

    10 min

  • Dessert · Traditional

    Easter braided loaf

    A sweet braided loaf with eggs set in its nest, for the Easter table.

    150 min

Cooking plan

What to make on which day, so the holiday itself is only warming up and serving.

  1. The day before · Saturday, March 27

    • Boiled ham with horseradish · Easter breakfast

      Boil the ham whole for two to three hours and boil the eggs in the same water. In the morning, pack the basket for the blessing.

    • Boiled eggs and pisanice · Easter breakfast

      Boil and dye the eggs, for instance in water with onion skins.

    • Pinca (Easter sweet bread) · Easter breakfast

      Knead the dough, let it rise twice, shape round loaves, score them and bake 40 minutes.

    • Roast lamb with new potatoes · Easter lunch

      Rub the lamb with salt, garlic and rosemary and leave it overnight somewhere cold.

    • Easter braided loaf · Easter lunch

      Braid the dough into a ring, set dyed eggs in the middle and bake 35 minutes.

  2. On the day · Sunday, March 28

    • Boiled ham with horseradish · Easter breakfast

      Slice the ham and grate the horseradish just before breakfast.

    • Spring onions and radishes · Easter breakfast

      Wash, trim and serve whole.

    • Chicken soup · Easter lunch

      Simmer the chicken and vegetables for two hours, strain, and cook the noodles in the broth.

    • Roast lamb with new potatoes · Easter lunch

      Roast covered for an hour and a half at 170 °C, add the potatoes and roast uncovered another hour.

    • Green salad · Easter lunch

      Wash the lettuce and dress it just before serving.

Questions

What goes into the Easter basket?
Ham, boiled and dyed eggs, horseradish, spring onions, radishes, salt and a pinca or loaf, under an embroidered cloth, for the blessing on Holy Saturday.
How much ham for Easter breakfast?
About 200 g of smoked ham on the bone per person: it loses weight in the pot, and the rest is eaten the next day.
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