Folar

{{Short description|Portuguese bread}}

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| alternate_name = Folar de Páscoa

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| type = Easter bread

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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.{{Cite book |last=Barboff |first=Mouette |title=O Pão em Portugal |publisher=Scribe |year=2017 |isbn=978-9898410665 |language=pt |trans-title=Bread in Portugal}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2011-05-04 |title=Folar: a Portuguese Easter Tradition |url=https://pocketcultures.com/2011/05/04/folar-a-portuguese-easter-tradition/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=PocketCultures |language=en-US}}

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.