Milan

Panettone

Name: Panettone
Prep time: 12 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 17 h
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 cups strong flour maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 2 1/2 tsp instant dry yeast; 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp sugar; 2/3 cup soft butter; 6 yolks egg yolk; 2 egg; 6 tbsp warm milk; 1 tbsp honey; 1 tsp vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract); Orange, zest of 1; 1 cup soaked raisins; 2/3 cup candied peel (tutti frutti or candied orange peel); 3/4 tsp salt

A towering, feathery Christmas bread with raisins and candied orange. Patience, rewarded.

300 minTime

8 gProtein each

mildSpice

12hPlan ahead. Soak for 12 hours first; the 300 minutes come after.

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Grandma's wayTall sweet yeasted bread with raisins and candied peel.

The original

398kcalsame

8 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

300minutessame

Panettone, home style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)4 cups strong flour

Instant dry yeast2½ tsp

Sugar½ cup plus 2 tbsp

Butter⅔ cup, soft

Egg yolk6 yolks

Egg2

Milk6 tbsp, warm

Honey1 tbsp

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp

Orangezest of 1

Raisins1 cup, soaked

Candied peel (tutti frutti or candied orange peel)⅔ cup

Salt¾ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Mix 100 g flour, yeast and the milk to a sponge. Leave 1 hour until bubbly.
2Add the rest of the flour, sugar, honey, yolks, eggs, vanilla, zest and salt. Knead 10 minutes, then add butter bit by bit and knead until silky and stretchy.
3Knead in raisins and peel. Cover and rise slowly in the fridge overnight.
4Shape into a ball, drop into a tall paper mould and rise 3 to 4 hours until it reaches the top.
5Score a cross, add a knob of butter and bake at 180°C for 45 to 50 minutes. Hang upside down to cool.

Serve it like this

Cut into tall wedges and serve with mascarpone cream, coffee or a glass of spumante.

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