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Pascha Basket 2020

April 22, 2020 /

Christ is Risen!

Each year, the week prior to Pascha, I prepare different items to add to our Pascha Easter basket. Hop on over to last year’s post to see what our basket looked like (similar but different: I forgot which basket I had used then!). This year, the date of Pascha fell one week after western Easter.

We typically add items we did not eat during lent in our baskets: meat, dairy and eggs. We do not gorge ourselves once lent is over but do enjoy these treats in moderation in the weeks following lent.

Cheese Paskha

I usually make cheese Paskha with a couple of my friends but due to the quarantine, this year I made it on my own. I am glad I have been making this with friends for years now because I always need a reminder about the steps even if I have the recipe in front of me. No mishaps and mistakes this year! I show a few of the steps in the post mentioned above. Cheese Paskha is a festive cheese spread made of farmer’s cheese (or in my case drained cottage cheese), butter, egg/cream custard and vanilla. We will spread in on the sweet bread pictured below.

Egg Bread

I used a Greek recipe this year for my Easter bread and even though I forgot 1 of the 6 eggs, it turned out pretty well. I made some rinds and some braids.

Meat

I shared about an European meat market in Atlanta (Austell) last year. Patak meats is worth the drive with great prices and a wonderful selection of meats. It appears that they will be opening an online shop this summer which is great. My husband was able to make a quick stop so we have a few sausages to enjoy in the coming weeks.

Cheese and Eggs

The children decorated eggs using the Eggmazing spinning machine

for the 2nd time and enjoyed it so much I had to explain to my 2 year old that he couldn’t go into the fridge to get more eggs to decorate. I love that is is not mess. Eggs at church are traditionally boiled and stained red by boiling them in red onion skins. Eggs are a symbol of new life therefore a symbol of the resurrection.

I also bought several cheeses at Aldi and Kroger since they have a nice selection and good prices. I am sure I will be sharing some charcuterie board pictures on Instagram next week.

I forgot to add chocolates to the baskets but no worries, I picked some half off chocolate items after western Easter and we will be enjoying those too!

A bientôt!

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