Ngokwesiko, i-Easter (Pasqua) ibonisa ukuphela kwesikhathi eside, esibucayi sokunakekelwa ngesikhathi sokuphumula, isikhathi lapho ukudla okunjengenyama, amaqanda, ibhotela, nesinkwa kungadliwa, ngakho kwaba yisenzakalo somkhosi owanelisayo (noma kunjalo, yiliphi iholide lase-Italy?).
Ngisho noma i-Lent ayisabonakali ngokucophelela njengoba kwakunjalo ngaphambili, futhi ezweni lanamuhla lokudla okungenisiwe kanye nesiqandisisi asinayo imithethonqubo eqondile yokudla ngokwemvelo eyenziwa yonyaka nezinkathi, i-Easter isisodwa isikhathi sokugubha, ikakhulukazi etafuleni.
Inkulumo ethandwa kakhulu yaseNtaliyane ethi " Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi ," kusho "uKhisimusi nabazali bakho, i-Easter noma ubani ofuna." Ngamanye amazwi, kungokwemvelo ukuchitha uKhisimusi ( Natale ) nomndeni, kodwa i-Easter (nakuba kungenzeka ukuthi ihlanganisa imindeni, njengoba futhi, amaholide amaningi ase-Italiya enza), iyinto encane kakhulu, futhi ukhululekile ukuyigubha nabangani bakho .
Ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-15, amaNtaliyane ayebala amaqanda abilisiwe ama-Easter ngemifino, izimbali nezikhumba ze-anyanisi. Namuhla, amaqanda angcolile angama-chocolate aqukethe izinkomba zokudlala amathoyizi yi-Easter ethandwa kakhulu kwezingane zase-Italy.
Izithako ezivelele kakhulu ezitsheni zase-Easter zase-Italian ziyiqanda newundlu, zombili izimpawu zokuvuselela nokuvuselelwa kabusha. I- brodetto pasquale yesifunda sase-Basilicata ifaka phakathi kokubili, uhlobo lwewundlu nemifino frittata. AmaNtaliyane aseMelika enza izinhlobo eziningi zezinkwa zokudla zama-Easter ezithokozelayo ezivame ukufaka inyama, ama-cheeses namaqanda aphelele, kugobolondo.
I- casatiello esuka eNaples yinye isinkwa esinjalo, ebhakwe ngaphakathi kwendandatho egcwele amaqanda. Isifunda saseLiguria sasijwayele ukuthi senziwe ngamacwecwe angama-33 omzimba wenhlama, owodwa wonyaka ngamunye wokuphila kukaJesu.
Isidlo sasendulo sase-Italy sase-Easter singase siqale ngesobho, njenge-brodetto yase-Roman pasquale, umhluzi omuhle oqotshwe neqanda futhi uphekwe yenkomo nemvu, noma i-classic yaseNaples eye yathandwa kulo lonke izwe njenge- Italian Soup Wedding .
Kunezinkwa eziningi zama-Easter amaningi, futhi, okusabalalisa kakhulu, i- colomba , isinkwa se-imbiliso enesilwane esinjengamajuba esinezihlahla zama - alimondi ashubile kanye noshukela ophahlazeka we-pearl, kunalokho kufana nokuthungwa nokuvuthwa kwikhekhe elivamile lama-Italian, i- panettone . Ikhekhe le- colomba livela esifundeni saseLombardy, kodwa manje selithandwa kulo lonke elase-Italy nasemiphakathini yase-Italy phesheya.
Esinye isidlo sePhasika esaziwayo yi- pastiera napoletana , ethandwa kakhulu manje ukuthi idliwa unyaka wonke. Kuyinto i-ricotta enobucwebe kanye ne-semolina ikhekhe ehlotshiswe ngamanzi ama-lemon ne-orange-blossom, futhi ngokuvamile okwenziwe ngamajikijolo koroki (okufanekisela ukuzala) kanye ne-orange candied peel. Inguqulo yami inguqulo elula, esheshayo, ekhukhulayo enezithelo zomvini esikhundleni samajikijolo kakolweni . (I-version yendabuko ithatha izinsuku eziningana ukwenza).
(Bheka: I-Oxford Companion ekudleni kwesiNtaliyane nguGillian Riley)