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    Panettone

    Published: Dec 30, 2016 · Modified: Jun 1, 2020 by Neriz · This post contains some affiliate links.

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    When it comes to Christmas cakes, I only know about fruit cake and stollen cake, until I met my husband.  He grew up having panettone for Christmas and New Year.  Their celebration is simply not complete without it.  Let’s just say, we continue that tradition in our house up to this day.

    Panettone is originally from Milan, and it is more like a bread, than a cake. We normally have it with a glass of prosecco, wine or espresso.  It does tend to dry out a bit too quick when you leave it out in the open, but fortunately, this has never been a problem for us.  Once we take it out of the bag, it quickly disappears (an understatement!) ;-).

    Panetonne|foodandjourneys.net

     

    I was quite content buying it from a couple of Italian coffee shops here in Stockholm, but this year, one of those two coffee shops closed-down?!  (Yep, I panicked :-)) It made me decide to try making panettone at home.  I had to be proactive, right? 🙂

    I know that it takes a long time to make it, that was the main reason why I was avoiding doing it at home. I remember a friend from Milan once said it requires ‘mother yeast’.  Huh?!  How do I even start with that? 🙂

    I have tried various recipes and personally, I got the best result when I use a ‘starter’.  It gives that ‘airy’ texture that I have always associated with panettone.

    Are you up for it?  Try making it at home!

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    📖 Recipe

    Panettone

    Panettone

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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Italian
    Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Servings: 2
    Author: Neriz

    Ingredients

    For Day 1 -

    • 150 ml warm water
    • 4 grams active dry yeast
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 200 grams all-purpose flour
    • 240 grams dried raisins
    • 180 grams candied orange peel diced (or 4 orange zests)
    • 180 grams candied lemon peel diced (or 3 lemon peels)
    • 80 ml vin santo (or rum)
    • 2 orange zests

    For Day 2 -

    • 30 grams active dry yeast
    • 50 ml warm milk
    • 700 grams all-purpose flour
    • 190 grams sugar
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 200 ml milk , chilled
    • 200 grams egg yolks (about 12 eggs)
    • 300 grams unsalted butter softened, not melted
    • for egg-wash, 1 egg and 3 tbsp water

    Instructions

    • Day 1: Prepare the starter by mixing warm water with yeast and set aside.
    • Day 1: Once yeast is ready, put in a stand mixer bowl with the dough hook and add flour and salt. Mix in low setting for 3 minutes and then increase in medium setting until the dough is smooth (no more than 7 minutes).
    • Day 1: Put the ball of dough in a greased container and place in a warm place for 3 hours. Punch the puffy dough and refrigerate overnight (at least 10 hours).
    • Day 1: Combine all the dried fruits, zests and the vin santo and leave in the refrigerator overnight.
    • Day 2: Take the starter out of the refrigerator two hours BEFORE preparing the panettone dough.
    • Day 2: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees F).
    • Day 2: Combine dry yeast with warm milk and set aside.
    • Day 2: Once the yeast is ready, combine with flour, vanilla, sugar, salt, cold milk and chilled egg yolks. Mix in a stand mixer in low speed for 3 minutes. Use the dough hook attachment in the mixer.
    • Day 2: Add the starter from Day 1 (see step #5) and mix for another 5 minutes. Stop the mixer and scrape the dough sticking on the sides of the bowl.
    • Day 2: Increase the setting of the mixer into medium and mix for 10 minutes, making sure to continuously scrape the sides of the bowl to avoid overheating the dough.
    • Day 2: Add softened butter and mix on low setting until completely smooth (usually around 10 minutes)
    • Day 2: Add the marinated dried fruit and mix until just combined.
    • Day 2: Cover the mixer bowl with a kitchen towel and set aside in a warm place until it has tripled in size. Mine took 4 hours.
    • Day 2: Pour the dough into your countertop. Do NOT use additional flour. Divide into two portions. Shape each portion into a ball and place each ball in a paper mold.
    • Day 2: Set aside in a warm place for two hours.
    • Day 2: Brush with egg-wash and bake for 35 to 45 minutes.
    • Day 2: Pierce the newly-baked panettone with two skewers or chopsticks and hang them upside down. This keeps the panettone from collapsing while it cools. Cool for at least two hours before serving, even better when served the following day.

    Notes

    • If you are using big molds to bake the panettone, make sure that your oven rack is in the lower portion.
    • A normal baking pan can be used as well. However, it might be tricky to remove the fresh-out-of-the oven panettone from the pan to pierce and cool them properly (i.e. hanging upside down).
    • Adapted from 'brunoskitchen.net'
     
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