Panettone

[rotuts]

those P's would be an expensive , yet tasty . treat for

 

local Porch Pirates .

[JoNorvelleWalker]

No Panettone, no note on door.  I dislike FedEx with all my heart.

 

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

The panettone I purchased at our local Sobey's @ $19 pre Xmas was marked down to $6 on Friday so picked up 2 more for the freezer.

They freeze well and make excellent French toast or bread pudding.

 

 

[ElsieD]

1 hour ago, Senior Sea Kayaker said:

The panettone I purchased at our local Sobey's @ $19 pre Xmas was marked down to $6 on Friday so picked up 2 more for the freezer.

They freeze well and make excellent French toast or bread pudding.

 

 

Here's what might be considered a dumb question - when you want a slice or two, how easy is it to slice while it's frozen?

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

10 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

Here's what might be considered a dumb question - when you want a slice or two, how easy is it to slice while it's frozen?

 

Here's what I do: Out of the 2 purchased I'll keep out about 30% to consume in the near future. I slice the panettone into thick horizontal slices and freeze those (except for the bottom and top slices). Since they'll be used for French toast or bread pudding I don't worry too much about drying out. 

Hope that helps.

 

[Tropicalsenior]

We are currently working our way through the fifth one of the year. It was a gift from Carlos and it is from Italy. It's Carmel and chocolate and delicious.

At the supermarket yesterday, the ones that I have been buying for $14 were reduced to $8. I bought two. In talking to our friend in the bakery section I found out that they are made by the supermarket chain's own Bakery. The supermarket chain itself is owned by Walmart. I was impressed because although they're not the best panettone that I have ever had they were the best that I have had this year.

Edited December 29, 2024 by Tropicalsenior (log)

[curls]

1 hour ago, ElsieD said:

Here's what might be considered a dumb question - when you want a slice or two, how easy is it to slice while it's frozen?

When I freeze, I cut the panettone into slices double wrap them in plastic wrap, put wrapped bundles of slices in aluminum foil and then into the freezer. Then I thaw a slice at a time. Has worked well for me.

[ElsieD]

Thanks.  I probably should have sliced them before I froze them in their entirety.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

FedEx came.  Of course while I was naked and sitting on the toilet.  I made it to the door as the driver was filling out the "Sorry we missed you" slip.

 

I'm pleased to report I just finished off my first wedge.  I did not take time to warm the wedge, but for those who do warm their panettone, what temperature do you recommend?  For warming my own bread I usually use 82C at 90 relative humidity.

 

[ElsieD]

I just use a dry frying pan.  A couple of minutes over medium heat does the trick for me.

[Smithy]

I've been microwaving on 40% power for maybe a minute -- enough to melt the little pats of butter I use to gild the lily.

 

One of my panettone boxes says to heat it at 300F, but I think that's for an entire loaf to be cooked and consumed at once.

[Pete Fred]

11 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I was naked and sitting on the toilet... I'm pleased to report I just finished off my first wedge.

 

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[Margaret Pilgrim]

14 hours ago, Smithy said:

I've been microwaving on 40% power for maybe a minute -- enough to melt the little pats of butter I use to gild the lily.

 

 

Truc: in order to prevent microwave from toughening bread products, we loosely wrap them in a damp paper towel before nuking.   

[Katie Meadow]

16 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

FedEx came.  Of course while I was naked and sitting on the toilet.  I made it to the door as the driver was filling out the "Sorry we missed you" slip.

 

I'm pleased to report I just finished off my first wedge.  I did not take time to warm the wedge, but for those who do warm their panettone, what temperature do you recommend?  For warming my own bread I usually use 82C at 90 relative humidity.

 

Here's how I warm up stuff in the microwave: I guess how many minutes my husband would do and then I cut that time in half.

[TdeV]

Thanks to all the helpful suggestions, I warmed some panettone under a damp paper towel in the microwave.

 

The resulting panettone was so light and airy, it just disappeared. Vanished!

 

I'm thinking I need another piece just to made sure that I actually got some.

[lemniscate]

I have never been a big fan of panettone, mostly because I don't care for candied fruit.  But, at an Italian deli today, I succumbed to this version for ~$12 (clearance).   Pear and chocolate sounded OK to me.

 

[Tropicalsenior]

1 minute ago, lemniscate said:

I have never been a big fan of panettone, mostly because I don't care for candied fruit

Carlos bought me one for Christmas that was chocolate and caramel from Italy. It was delicious.

[yimyammer]

From Roy is crazy expensive but worth it imo

 

 

 

[lemniscate]

I got the "Christmas season is finally over" feeling yesterday when I ate the last piece of the pear chocolate panettone.   I have officially changed my mind on panettone, looking forward to finding more pear/choc version later this year.   Still don't like the candied fruit version though.

[Tropicalsenior]

17 minutes ago, lemniscate said:

I got the "Christmas season is finally over" feeling yesterday when I ate the last piece

I got the same feeling last Thursday when we finished off our final panettone. We both remarked that it is a shame that they don't make it all year long.

[TdeV]

I have another one coming! With a little help from @Kerry Beal.

 

I'm dreaming about it. Yum, yum.

[ElsieD]

50 minutes ago, TdeV said:

I have another one coming! With a little help from @Kerry Beal.

 

I'm dreaming about it. Yum, yum.

Good, aren't they!  I have a full chocolate and a full fruit one in the freezer, along with most of another chocolate one.  I'll be sad when they're gone.  These are from Gouter.

[Tropicalsenior]

Today when I went to the grocery store, I saw some panettone in the cookie section. They had one small one about 120 g for $2 and they had one for 400 G for $9. However, it was a brand that we had tried and really didn't like so I passed. I was really disappointed with the one that we bought because it was from a company called Winters and they make chocolates that are really good. Their expertise apparently doesn't transfer to panettone.

[Smithy]

I've finished one of the three panettoni that I bought for the holidays. I'm now down to a small slice of Gouter's chocolate panettone and a slightly larger slice of their traditional version, both of which arrived just before Christmas. I'm surprised at how well these have held up. I've given some away and pecked away at the rest; I'm really not a sweets-for-breakfast person as a rule, nor do I generally do dessert after dinner. So here they are, still with me.

 

 

As I said, I'm surprised at how well this has held up. I had a bit of the chocolate this morning for breakfast, lightly microwaved. Yes, I could tell it was on the stale side from a textural standpoint, but it was just as delicious as when I first opened the package.

[rotuts]

@Smithy

 

its interesting that stale ( ie a bit past fresh , in baked goods )

 

has mostly negative connotations .    The texture changes , but many times for a different better .

 

Ive been making Tj's cornbread mix for a while , and I like the cut surfaces to dry out a bit for several days .