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Dishes, Desert, Candy Recipes For Easter Celebration In The US

The Easter is a major religious festival for Christians all around the world. Each country has its own unique way of observing the occasion and in America, the most predominant tradition is for adults to paint Easter eggs and let the kids hunt for them. Also, many churches throughout the country hold special services during Easter Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion.

Apart from these exciting activities, Easter Sunday celebrations are also characterized with delicious dishes, deserts, and candies that family and friends would partake.

These traditional Easter recipes would often range from ham, lamb or chicken. SouthernLiving.com mentions some of the popular dishes that any American household that observes the Easter can prepare.

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Topping the list is Roasted Leg of Lamb with Lemon-Herb Salt which calls on for sheep meat that is cured at least half a day before roasting. The goal is to achieve a "perfect rosy pink" meat in the center. For more information, click this link here.

Pork meat-lovers, meanwhile, will love the Sweet-Hot Plum-Glazed Ham which is basically a more delicious update on the traditional Easter ham dish. Follow the link here.

Garlic-Herb Roasted Chicken is also worth mentioning. The site provided a video showing the step-by-step instruction on how to prepare this poultry-based dish.

Meanwhile, All Recipes offer some delightful dessert recipes that will surely go along well with the aforementioned dishes.

Leading the menu is the Easter Cake. This cake's recipe especially calls in for almond and orange extracts which gives it a distinctive hint of spring. Learn how to do it via this link.

Easter Sunday is basically not a federal holiday but a lot of establishments across the country are closing on this date. If they are open, these stores may only have some limited trading hours.

Stay tuned for more updates.

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