| Folar | |
| Alternate Name: | Folar de Páscoa |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Type: | Easter bread |
Folar or folar de Páscoa is a traditional Portuguese bread served at Easter. The recipe varies from region to region and it may be sweet or savory.[1]
During Easter festivities, godchildren usually bring a bouquet of violets to their godmother on Palm Sunday and this, on Easter Sunday, offers him a folar.
Folar is sometimes served with a boiled egg, that symbolically represents rebirth and the Resurrection.
Folar de Chaves, popular in the north-eastern Portuguese regions of Chaves and Valpaços, is stuffed with pork, ham, salpicão and linguiça.[2]
There are also sweet folars like the folar from Olhão, that consists of seven layers with melted sugar and cinnamon, and the more common folar with anise and cinnamon.