Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Panettone

I was really looking forward to creating the legendary Panettone & wasn't quite sure what to expect, as I've never made anything close to this - its an intimidating recipe...Good thing the fun part was first...dried fruit soaked in scotch wiskey...
Golden raisins, cranberries & a pre-packaged dried fruit mix...Soaked for 24 hours...
The wild yeast ferment...taken out of the fridge to dechill for one hour...
My messy mise en place...notice the KAF gold label yeast...I hope it helps the bread rise!
Blanching almonds...this was kind of fun...until my fingers became sore squeezing the skin off the slippery almonds...
Dry ingredients mixed with wet - egg, egg yolk & sponge...
The other fun part...mixing it all in...
Sticky mess...
After about 8 minutes and a little flour, the dough came together nicely & was quite shiny...
77'degrees...
The dough weighed 5 pounds, 2.25 ounces! Its was heavy!
Satinly, glistenly...perfect! Set at room temperature to ferment for 2 hours...
Meanwhile - prepping the pans...
Its about 1 1/2 times it original size after two hours...
Easy enough to handle with bare hands...is that right?
Two medium sized loaves & 12 little ones... & another two hour proof at room temperature...
After 2 hours, the dough puffed up a bit...but not the high rise I wanted...
Ready for the oven...
The mini loaves were baked at 325' degrees for about 40 minutes...& the large loaves for one hour...
The loaves are golden brown & smell delicious!
Again, not quite the rise I wanted...The insides look gorgeous!
A toasted slice & bit of sweet butter...yum!
A picture of the insides of the mini loaves...the bread wasn't overly sweet...& I actually used about 2 times the amount of sugar suggested & an additional egg to make it more cake like & moist...We are still nibbling on it & while you wouldn't want to make this all the time...its a fun holiday tradition!

2 comments:

  1. Wow Angela, you've been busy! The pannetone bread looks wonderful. Looks like you went with the orange and lemon zest, rather than extract. Good call! The soaked dried fruits look like little jewels.

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  2. Oh, wow. The Panettone look amazing. Even I want to reach into the screen and steal one of the little ones.

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