Panettone.....just a big dry cake?

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What do people do with this Italian fare?

I really want to like them but the only one I ever had, given as a gift, was very dry.

Are you supposed to toast it and add butter?

I don’t get what all the fuss is about....

This is my take.

Pannetone should most definitely not be dry, it's light, moist and delicious. I am the only one in our house who likes it though (along with Christmas pud, Christmas cake, stollen, lebkuchen etc) so one takes a while to eat. I keep it in the bag it comes in and have thick slices with butter.

I used a gluten free one to make tiramisu last year - that was awesome

I like chocolate chip panettone. Lidl gets them, only as small ones, from mid October and then I eat one for breakfast and, since they can be stored unopened for months, keep them to have in the new year/spring as well.

I tried this year the chocolate sauce one that Lidl had, in a bigger one, but the chocolate sauce inside was too sweet.

I don't eat the standard panettone, because I don't enjoy raisins/sultanas.

Love the stuff - particularly the choc chip. Slightly toasted with lashings of butter 😃They don't last long in our house.

I love it. Only have it with butter but now I’ve read this thread I’ll definitely have it with cream in future.

never had a dry one... i usually just quarter then eat them like i would any tear and share sweet bread.. but i also eat hot cross buns without butter, and chocolate chip brioche instead of sandwiches for lunch.

It is absolutely NOT cake.

Either! Tony or Toni as a nickname ;)

Agreed! See also Christmas pudding.

Mince pies, however, can do one 😂 (along with trifle)

I slice off the top, hollow out the middle and stuff with vanilla ice-cream. Pop the top back on and stick the whole thing in the freezer. Take out the freezer about 15 mins before you want to serve, then cut into slices and serve with double cream. Makes a very easy and delicious christmas dessert!

Try it dipped it hot chocolate - and thank me later 😋
Alternatively, use it to make french toast or bread and butter pudding (Italians look away 🤭 ).

Pannettone was never dry in my (half Italian) family as we all used to drown it in Marsala All'Uovo !

I had a colleague who used to buy everyone in the department one at Christmas, and she bought them from a posh Italian deli. Everyone would be polite but then confess privately to each other how horrible and dry they were.

Thick layer of mascarpone is perfect. Though it was an Iranian woman who told me to try this. I've seen loads of people in Auchan in Italy buying panettone so presumably a fair few Italians do like them. Tre Marie is the best.

Waitrose appear to have started selling these year round, they are lovely never dry. Big panettone are a definite risky buy though, dry they are pretty dire.

www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/crosta-mollica-panettone-classico/432429-772454-772455

They shouldn't be dry, I like it myself.

I’ve had various types including the more expensive ones and agree theyre unpleasantly dry for me. Maybe it’s less about where it’s from and more about personal taste

This might work!

😂

Toasted with a blob of cream or ice cream and then dessert wine poured over the top…

I buy them and make dark chocolate and marmalade bread and butter pudding. It's so delish!

I love them. They are moist and yeasty and best served with:

A cup of tea.
Whiskey.
Dessert wine.

Or toasted with butter.
Or in a bread (pannetonne) and butter pudding.

I've never had a dry pannetone and I usually just buy the Lidl ones!

Agree. A good one is soft and slightly buttery and lovely with a cup of tea or coffee 😋