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....

Love them. Another reason to mourn Wilco, I used to treat myself to one of their mini panettone almost every time I walked through! Spread with butter, toasted or untoasted, heavenly. But not the chocolate ones, I leave those for others.

They look very inviting with the lovely packaging but the inside can be a big disappointment. I made my own a few years ago and it was much nicer

My in-laws used to give us one for Christmas. DH serves it drowned in marsala.

Drown in Marsala wine or make a boozy sauce with marscarpone and cocoa powder.

I came here to say exactly this.

I have never had a dry panettone and I think I have eaten my body weight in panettone over the years.

What are they, cake or bread?

Cake.

I've never had a dry one. I think they are delicious!

Team ‘Love It’ here, just sliced and as it is. My worst weakness at Christmas.

Never lasts long enough to get stale, so if I want one to make a B&B pudding, I have to buy extra for that purpose.

I genuinely love them!

Big slice with a coffee in the morning. It's the relative dryness that I like!

I like panetonne, a dry one would be horrible, like stale bread, a traditional moist Italian one with lots of candied peel and vanilla is delicious. A few years ago, Heston made some Black Forest ones for Waitrose. I dont think they sold well as I was given one as a gift in my weekly shop. I viewed it with suspicion - chocolate and cherry panettone? - but eventually hacked into it in the dog days between Christmas and New Year. It was delicious. We ate it like cake with no additions.

It's not the best

I thought pp meant tikka masala

Our garden birds like it!

I ate my way through two of those. Took until April. Don't regret a thing.

Ok, so maybe not April.

End of January.

I don’t eat panettones as I don’t like the fruit but always buy a Pandora from Aldi, which is a plain one. Have it toasted with butter. Delicious.

Holy moly....what the bejeebers is a Pandora?

I assume they meant Pandoro. It's like a Pannetone without the fruit

Tesco is selling a limoncello one. I think the brand is Nomma

The best thing I've done with panettone is Jamie Olivers bread and butter tart with dark chocolate and bitter orange. Easy dessert, lovely hot or cold.

Love it. But have only ever eaten it in Italy or Waitrose ones. Maybe they’re better than some others.

I had that one too, it was so good!

I always generally buy the mini ones and slather them in butter, delicious. Any leftovers get made into a bread and butter pudding. Top tier!

I have discovered a use for panettone.
you can cover it with a sheet of rolling icing, stick a Barbie in the top , stick sweets all over and voilà, a Barbie dress birthday cake in seconds.
you come unstuck when the slicing/ eating part comes, but if you use enough sweets and icing you can just gloss over that part 🤣