Easter in the Czech Republic is a time of plenty. Easter dinner tables are laden with Czech specialities associated with this special time of year.
When in the Czech lands be sure to try
- Easter ram cake
- Easter cake
- Easter gingerbread
- Judas cake – a cake whose shape reminds us of the rope which Judas used to hang himself
- God’s mercy – a type of doughnut sprinkled with sugar
Did you know...?
Recipe for the Easter ram
Ingredients
200 g of icing sugar, 2 eggs, 1 spoon of lemon juice, vanilla sugar, 300 g of flour, 5 egg whites, 30 g of butter, 30 g flour
Preparation
Whisk the sugar, eggs and vanilla sugar into a foam for about 30 minutes. Then add the lemon juice, and gently mix the flour into the beaten egg whites. Grease the ram-shaped mould with butter and coat with flour. Pour the mixture into the mould and bake until golden brown in a medium oven for around 45 minutes. Ease the ram out of the mould and decorate.
Preparation time: 90 min.
A few tips…
Traditionally, most Czech restaurants prepare an Easter menu. If you are really looking for an experience, go no further than the medieval tavern in Dětenice (www.krcmadetenice.cz) in the Czech Paradise Region.
Here you will have an authentic medieval dining experience: eating with your fingers at wide tables while seated on straw, dancers performing on the tables, sword fighting, beggars, fakirs, conjurers and other historical figures, live period music, medieval specialities grilled over an open fire.
