Due to religious conviction or tradition, for
Holy Week
many people avoid eating red meat,
especially on Good Friday
, a fasting day for the Catholic faithful.
In the country of cows, this could be an inconvenience when devising the menu, but fortunately there are many possible alternatives, from fish, whose consumption tends to increase around these dates, to pasta and pizza.
Among the savory dishes,
vigil empanadas
are a classic.
Although the typical ones are with tuna, it can be varied.
However, it is worth encouraging yourself to try other alternatives, according to the budget and tastes of each one.
The same applies to the sweet table on Sunday, where the classic Rosca de Pascua can be done in many ways.
And to make homemade chocolate eggs there are also options that allow you to get creative and decorate or fill them to your liking.
In any case, Holy Week and Easter are a good opportunity to explore new flavors.
The vigil empanadas recipe is a classic for Easter.
Recipes for vigil empanadas and other dishes without red meat
These days it is customary to consume
dishes with fish
, a tradition that many Argentine families adhere to beyond belief.
There are many preparations without meat, but there is one that is consumed especially on these dates: vigil empanadas.
They can be prepared with tuna, mixed fish, or with spinach or chard.
They are delicious, big and very puff pastry.
Ideal for a generous appetizer, or as a main course.
Another classic to taste is the Galician empanada, which has a homemade dough that wraps a tuna filling (it can be made from another fish or even a mixture of them) with a sauté of onion, tomato and red pepper.
For the days when barbecue is not an option, after a quick getaway to the fishmonger or a call to the nearest delivery, you can also prepare a seafood paella.
The Galician empanada is a tuna cake, which is prepared with canned fish.
(Photo: Julio Juárez)
But be careful, not only fish is a substitute or substitute for red meat.
Pasta, for example, tends to be a home-cooked dish at all times, rich, cheap and abundant to enjoy together.
All the more so if we want to comply with the carnivorous ban.
A little flour, eggs and some sauce, garlic and olive or a stir-fry of the vegetables that are in the fridge.
Apart from eating deliciously, the kneading and preparation of the noodles will provide a playful and creative space to share.
Pizzas are not left off the menu as long as ham or other sausages are not added.
Pizza, an alternative to red meat.
Photo: Martin Bonetto.
Easter eggs and donuts
We could mention many more savory dishes, but we know that the sweet preparations on
Easter Sunday
are the most anticipated.
Let's start with the thread.
That dough reminiscent of milk bread, tasty and spongy, with the pastry cream, is always a temptation.
Also, for those who dare to prepare it, there is the stuffed bagel version, a pleasure bomb.
For the most enthusiastic pastry chefs, we suggest you raise the bar of the challenge and cook a bagel with brioche dough, a French recipe that has its twists, but keep in mind that the reward will come from the first bite.
Rosca de Pascua with pastry cream.
Photo: F. Of the Order.
And we come to the moment of talking about the undisputed king of the Easter table: the chocolate egg.
The price of industrialists is through the roof, as always in these celebrations.
If we add to this that we are in quarantine and, therefore, it is not advisable to leave the house to enter a supermarket to choose and compare prices for Easter eggs, the solution is to make them at home.
Let's write down: we are going to need molds, chocolate to mold and little surprises.
A few years ago stuffed eggs were all the rage.
Why not try one more time?
It is half a chocolate shell with chocolate cream inside.
This egg has two advantages: it is simpler to make, since there is no need to glue two lids together and decorate it.
Simply, a lid is made and inside it can be filled with whatever comes to mind: a chocotorta, cream, Nutella and fruits, sponge cake and dulce de leche, chocolate cream...
Open and stuffed Easter eggs are all the rage.
Photo: Fernando De la Orden
After all, for many people, that is the meaning of Easter: family gathering, good food…and the resurrection of hope.
Salty recipes for Easter
1. Recipe for vigil empanadas.
2. Easy vigil empanadas recipe.
3. Galician empanada recipe.
4. Potato pansoti recipe.
5. Recipe for egg noodles.
6. Margherita pizza recipe.
7. Seafood paella recipe.
8. Fish stew recipe.
9. Recipe for rice with squid.
10. Galician cod recipe.
11. Salmon and hake cake recipe.
12. Hake croquettes recipe.
13. Tuna casserole recipe.
14. Fish recipe with saffron and orange sauce.
15. Jacketed salmon recipe.
16. Recipe for squid rings.
17. Fish chaufa recipe.
18. Stuffed fish recipe.
19. Fish papillote recipe.
20. Fried silverside recipe with tartar sauce.
21. Fried fish stick recipes.
22. Fish Pudding Recipe
23. Roman hake recipe
24. Seafood style prawns recipe
25. Hake and spinach rolls
Sweet recipes for Easter
1. Classic Easter bagel recipe.
2. Easter stuffed bagel.
3. Brioche dough Easter bagel recipe, filled with pastry cream.
4. Healthy Easter Thread Recipe.
5. Easter bagel recipe without TACC
6. Rosca de Pascua by Maru Botana
7. Rosca de Pascua by Mauricio Asta
8. Vegan Easter Bagel Recipe
9. Homemade Chocolate Egg Recipe.
10. Stuffed Easter egg recipe.
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