Hosting an American-style Easter brunch or attending a pot luck? Here are 6 British foods that will add a true taste of home to your buffet table and have everyone asking where you found them.
An All-British Easter Brunch
Easter celebrations across the pond are wildly different! In the UK, people bask in a four day weekend, the first signs of spring and an indulgent Sunday Dinner. In the US, it’s a little more laid back with an Easter brunch or pot luck style bring your own vibe.
In the UK, Easter is a four day weekend with a bank holiday on Good Friday and Easter Monday, so it’s seen as a real opportunity to socialise with friends and family and officially welcome in spring. Thanks to the extra holidays, food is a real focal point of the whole weekend, not just Easter Sunday, which allows for more than just the traditional roast dinner.
Easter Food; What Do Brits Eat at Easter?
Besides copious amounts of hollow chocolate Easter eggs (not a jelly bean in sight!), the typical Easter Sunday meal is a lamb roast dinner with all the trimmings - roast potatoes, yorkshire puddings and lashings of gravy. However, throughout the whole Easter season, hot cross buns are everywhere and are a staple in pantries up and down the country.
What Are Hot Cross Buns?
Hot Cross Buns are a traditionally sweet and spiced bread bun often containing dried fruit such as raisins or currants. They are a symbol of the end of Lent (hence the cross on the top of the bun!) and were traditionally served on Good Friday; they have surged in popularity over recent years and are eaten throughout spring and the Easter and Lent season.
You can tell if your Hot Cross Buns is authentic by how the cross is made. On a proper Hot Cross Bun the cross is made from a flour paste and applied before baking - it is not piped on with icing after the fact. If you’ve bought a Hot Cross Bun from an American grocery store, it’s likely to be a plain bread roll covered in sticky icing cross! A very different item.
Across the UK, the popularity of Hot Cross Buns has seen an increase in variety and flavours available, with supermarkets competing for the most out there flavour to gain virality.
Here at Jolly Posh Foods, our Hot Cross Buns are shipped directly from the UK for a true taste of home over the Easter holidays. Toast for 2 minutes and finish with a big wedge of butter - perfect!
Easter Brunch Ideas: What To Serve For an Easter Brunch
If you’re hosting this year or just looking for ideas for a great Easter buffet, our range of British picky bits is perfect. For an authentic and tasty spread, we recommend;
Hot Cross Buns: An Easter staple, hot cross buns are a must-have for any Easter buffet. Serve toasted with butter or our favourite strawberry jam.
English Quiche : made with rashers of back bacon is another quintessentially British buffet favourite, a quiche is a simple dish that’s easy to share and can be served hot or cold.
Scotch Eggs: , instead of spending an afternoon dying your boiled eggs like the Americans do, peel them and wrap them in our sausage meat and breadcrumbs, fry them and eat them! Our Jolly Posh Food Scotch Eggs make at home kit has everything you need a real crowd pleaser every time.
Pork Pies: A hearty addition to any Easter spread; the humble pork pie. Serve warm from the oven or cooled with your favourite sauce or pickle.
Bakewell Tart: If you need something sweet for your Easter brunch, a bakewell tart is the perfect accompaniment to your spread.
Sausage Rolls: And last but by no means least, the iconic sausage roll. No spread is complete without a sausage wrapped in delicate pastry. Another easy to serve, easy to pick at British must-have for your Easter brunch.
Where Can I Get Hot Cross Buns in the US?
True authentic hot cross buns are like gold dust in the US, but here at Jolly Posh Foods, we will deliver the perfect buns straight to your door. Just remember to check our seasonal last order dates to ensure that you get them in time for your Easter brunch.
