Easter lamb
Passover meal centerpiece
Easter lamb is lamb served as the centerpiece of an Easter meal, continuing ancient traditions of spring sacrifice and the Passover lamb.
The dish appears across Christian cultures, from Greek roasted leg of lamb to Italian abbacchio.
The term also refers to lamb-shaped cakes or butter molds used as Easter table decorations.
- paschalOf Easter observance
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- Last SupperFarewell Passover gathering
- roastDry-heat cooking method
- mint sauceChopped herb vinegar relish
mint · Sunday · resurrection · fleece · innocence · feast · dinner · tradition · woolly · bleating · spring · crucifixion · redemption · biblical · symbolic · gravy · rosemary · celebration
- festive foodsChristmas ham, Christmas pudding, wedding cake, birthday cake, pumpkin pie
- holiday figuresSanta Claus, Santa, St. Nicholas, Frosty, Rudolph
- Easter foodhot cross buns, glazed ham, deviled eggs, jelly beans, chocolate bunny
- Passion narrativeJesus, Jesus Christ, Pilate, Pontius Pilate, Barabbas
- religious dietshalal, dietary laws, no pork, halal meat, kosher wine
- Polish CatholicismBlack Madonna, Pope John Paul II, blessing of food, pilgrimages, roadside crosses
religious dietary symbolism
Easter lambscapegoat
Unfairly blamed person
golden calf · unleavened bread · fatted calf · forbidden fruit