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Pastiera Napoletana

Pastiera Napoletana

Historically, to celebrate the return of Spring, the modern Easter dessert, the Pastiera has origins dating back to a convent.  Apparently a nun wanted to make this cake and have it perfume like the flowers of the orange trees that grew in the gardens of 

Pashka

Pashka

This year Easter is earlier than usual with it falling on April 1st.   That said, it’s definitely time to start thinking about traditional Easter recipes.  The first one that comes to mind is the to-die-for delicious savoury Casatiello Napoletano that I posted last year.  I