{"id":1145,"date":"2020-06-17T17:32:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T17:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tasteporto.com\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2024-11-04T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:38:08","slug":"easter-traditions-in-porto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tasteporto.com\/fr\/easter-traditions-in-porto\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Easter Traditions in Porto?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cEaster is my favorite holiday. Maybe because of the first rays of sunshine that quietly invades Aliados. Maybe because I remember all those afternoons spent at Cunha caf\u00e9, right on Rua S\u00e1 da Bandeira, trying to decide among the big jars filled with sweet almonds. Wondering which were the best to buy or just to taste. I will never forget the sweet smell of the \u201cRegueifa Doce\u201d baking in the wood oven \u2013 the sweet bread my grandma used to bake only for Easter breakfast,\u201d slowly recalls our co-founder, Andr\u00e9 Apolinario, his Easter traditions in Porto.

In Porto, the day-to-day is still about tradition and big families sitting together around a small table chatting over a meal. So, it is no surprise that Easter traditions in Porto are all about family and food. Start a new Easter tradition by joining one of our Porto Food Tours <\/strong><\/a>and, if after the tour you catch the scent of a home-cooked lamb (or goatling in the oven), just follow it! You know, in a Portuguese home there is always a room and food for a guest! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to expect from the traditional family Easter lunch?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the eve of Easter Sunday, everyone is busy preparing the meal for the next day. Since Easter in Porto is one of the major holidays, every single person is involved in the preparations, and each helps and has their chores to be done. Wine, garlic, pepper, bay leaf, salt, olive oil, and the star of our lunch table – the lamb – are usually the focus of the preparations.

During the night, the meat rests in this carefully prepared marinade, getting ready for the long hours it will spend in the wood oven early the next morning. This big family lunch, like any other in Portugal, is quite special with a one-of-a-kind menu! An excellent meal also has to have a bottle of excellent wine. Our choice? Of course a Douro wine. Dessert is also a very important part of our Easter meal. And our Mums will get mad if we don\u2019t eat everything! <\/p>\n\n\n\n