Giovanna Bellia La Marca

Easter Bread with Eggs

Pani ri pasqua cu’ l’ova

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8 to 10

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Sicilian Feasts
Sicilian Feasts

By Giovanna Bellia La Marca

Published 2023

  • About

This recipe makes enough dough for 2 large wreaths. My grandmother Concettina Biazzo Bellia would always make individual little breads, each with 1 egg, for the children. You can do that with half the dough, or save it for another use.

Ingredients

  • 6 cups flour
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon

Method

Place the flour, sugar, salt, and yeast into the bowl of a mixer equipped with a dough hook. Add 1½ cups warm water, oil, and 3 raw eggs. Mix and then knead with the dough hook for 5 minutes. Remove from the mixer, give it a few turns, and shape into a ball. Coat with a little oil, and cover with a lar