Panettone

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There's a lot of it in the shops at the moment. I think I had it once and it was basically just a curranty bread. Am I missing something? I'm prepared to give it another go. Which one would you recommend?

Here's our Panasonic recipe.

I love panettone. It’s probably my favourite Christmas treat. I enjoy how light it is so you can have a lot of it without being too full (I also love Christmas cake and pudding but three mouthfuls and I’m done with them!). The fancier, moister ones are amazing - I have a cherry and amaretto one from Sainsbury’s up high on the kitchen cupboards awaiting December and I can’t wait. But I actually quite like the cheaper dry ones too. I enjoy tearing them up into strips as I eat them.
It’s great so many people don’t like them as I have friends who give me any panettones they’re given!

I LOVE panettone and agree - good ones are not dry. I'm eating it most days (I butter it) with my morning coffee.

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions. The overall message seems to be fresh is best and I've located an Italian food store in Dublin city centre. I'll pay them a visit and see how I get on.

I agree with this ^ I would just put it in a softer way 🙂
they are nice because they are sweet and rich, also they are big so you have one for the big group and it’s enough for everyone.
I think they are a bit like turkeys - in season and big so you are covered for even a big group. If it’s only family of 3 - you can be more sophisticated.
Panettone is not like Marmite by the way it is nice but is it worth the hype and expense? Not sure. And yes I did tried quite a few from Italian delis around.

They are similar to brioche so if you want fancy bread and butter pudding you can use brioche in it and add more sugar and butter plus other things.

By the way Pandoro is different- much lighter but it doesn’t have add ons like chocolate or raisins etc so often overlooked. Aldi or Lidl used to do a nice one ( or both of them?)

It’s only full of preservatives if you buy the cheap and nasty industrial stuff. For 15/20 quid I’d expect a quality one and here in Italy I could buy a artisanal one at a patisserie for that price. Real ones are made with butter only and eggs, I once got one from Lidl and I could swear there was mineral oil in there, it tasted really synthetic and unpleasant.

I absolutely love it too - to the point where I don't buy one, because I’d just eat ALL of it. And I make a Christmas cake too, so we always have a lot of cake to get through.

However, if I did buy it, the only and best one in my view is the traditional one from Carluccio's. It’s divine. Fragrant, light, gorgeous, and has a beautiful almondy topping.

can't understand why it's so expensive as the ingredients are so simple.🤷

The ingredients are simple, but not cheap: candied peel, dried fruit, almonds and shitloads of butter.

Can’t say I’m keen. We’ve been given them in the past - they’ve mostly ended up on the bird table. We found them very dry.
I gather they can make a nice bread and butter pudding, though. At least that wouldn’t be dry.