LET IT SNOW!
Are you one of the millions of fortunate recipients of the wonderful tall leavened fruitcakes of Milan this Christmas?
Panettone has been made for hundreds of years using live sourdough mother yeast. A combination of old baking art with butter, raisins, citrus rinds and durum wheat in a 50 hour process produces a rich, moist, fresh Italian cake.
Fr. Adam reminded me that a restaurant company we worked for in the 1980’s gave us Panettone for Christmas every year. So he brought one for us here this year. Thanks for the memory and the delicious cake, Fr. A.
I sliced a thick cross-section of the cake. Soaked it thoroughly in two eggs beaten with cream and a pinch of salt. Then cooked it over medium low heat in butter until golden brown on both sides.
Dusted with powdered sugar!
We are fans of good thick bacon from the butcher shop.
You might want to serve it with maple syrup or mascarpone cheese. It was so moist and sweet, we were satisfied with the dusting of sugar and bacon. This cross-section of the Panettone can serve three or four people. Add a cup of hot coffee and enjoy a delicious Holiday Breakfast!
And here’s a Holiday Centerpiece to go with the Holiday Breakfast. A circle of nine 15 inch tall angel vases with stargazer lilies that I am sending over to Sandi at the Whistlestop Cafe for her lovely Centerpiece of the Month event. December will be an awesome month for her centerpiece displays.
Sending Holiday Blessings Your Way…
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Blessings, indeed, Lori. Thank you for this and all your beautiful posts of 2008.
The VERY Happiest New Year!
Warmest Regards,
Susan
You sure know how to eat well. I’ve always found panetonne a bit dry, but the french toast method looks absolutely mouth watering.
Oh that sounds heavenly. Happy New Year to you Lori!
Your Panettone Franco-Americain stupendeous.
Salvatore
Oh my .. Panettone makes awesome French Toast. Have a safe new year !