Food is a massive deal in Croatia at Easterrime, especially Easter breakfast, which you will find is enormous and packed with all manner of delicious treats! The night before the big day, people attend a late-night Mass service, and the foods are taken in their baskets, and they receive a blessing from the priest, ready to be eaten on the Easter Sunday morning.
This is round bread which has a sign of the cross sliced into it before it is placed in the oven, so when it rises, the cross becomes even more evident. Lunchtime is just as hearty, but the differences in foods across the country are quite stark.
We should also talk about Croatian Easter eggs, and while nobody eats them, they are a big thing on the day! Everyone is given an egg, and you take turns tapping the top of your egg against the top of the egg to the person next to you.
They demonstrate the art of kneading and baking pinca in a fireplace under the baking lid just like it was done in the old times. Even though pinca is the centerpiece of the Easter table, there is one more traditional Istrian and Croatian baked good worth remembering — jajarice.
Jajarice are braided buns with a boiled painted egg on top. As we mentioned earlier, most of the history Croatian families lived modestly, and Easter was the time of the year where they would indulge in food.
Children were especially excited about jajarice, which they received as a gift for Easter lunch by other family members. This small gift of kindness taught them how to appreciate little things in life. First, you will need some eggs. It is the best you use white eggs to achieve a more intense color. Boil the eggs and then hop to your garden or the closest park. Get some fresh air while you pick out small flowers, clovers, or leaves with your family. Place picked plants onto the boiled eggs, wrap each egg in a nylon sock, and secure the sock with the rope.
You probably use onions all the time. Onion shells will come useful for the second part of this family project. Collect as much of the onion shells you can, place them in the water.
Add some vinegar and cook it for a while. Leave wrapped eggs in the water through the night, and in the morning, you will find your masterpiece. Today, each part of Dalmatia has its own customs. There are 12 guardians led by the commander called Juda as the 13th member. The parish of St. This meeting was hosted by Vodice annually up until , when it was decided that it will be hosted by a different parish every year to promote getting acquainted with their customs. As the initiator of this tradition, Vodice kept the honour of organizing this meeting every 6 years.
Easter traditions in Croatia. Interested in learning more about Croatian language and culture? Group courses. Grated horseradish adds a hot peppery tang to the mild Easter spread of cooked ham and bread, while raw radishes and spring onions are the fresh greenery on the side.
A savoury bread bursting with flavour, vrtanji is made using the stock water left over from boiling the Easter ham. Sometimes it comes decorated with a cross made of white dough or is baked with a surprise inside: a coloured egg nestled in the centre. This staple hails from the Adriatic Coast. Made with a sweet zesty dough, it's a bit like a big hot cross bun but without the piped cross, and sometimes raisins. This baked savoury snack hasn't got much in common with a bagel besides its circular shape.
Known as a 'poor man's cake', it's traditionally made from only three ingredients: eggs, flour a bit of salt. Some think its inclusion in the Easter tradition comes down to its rounded shape, symbolically linked to Jesus Christ's thorny crown. Others think it looks like a flower.
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