Schiacciata di Pasqua

Schiacciata di Pasqua is a traditional sweet bread hailing from Tuscany. This fluffy sweet bread is flavored with aniseed, and once it's sliced, the aroma of aniseed fills the room. The ingredients include flour, sugar, butter, olive oil, eggs, yeast, aniseed, vin santo, Sambuca or Strega liqueur, honey, salt, grated orange rind, and grated lemon rind. Schiacciata di Pasqua should ideally be prepared on Good Friday so that it's ready for Easter Sunday. The process of preparation is long, and originally this sweet bread was a 19th-century tradition of using up the abundance of eggs in springtime. Once baked, enjoy it by dunking a piece in a glass of vin santo.