Panettone

If you couldn't tell I enjoy cooking. I've finally had some time to play around with some new stuff and try out some recommendations from people. The next few posts are about some of the current foods I've been trying.

First, I wanted to write about my holiday venture, Panettone, which was inspired from a recipe my oldest sister sent me. The origin of the bread is Milan, Italy, but I was introduced to it in Brazil where it is a traditional Christmas/holiday bread. It is a light fluffy bread with a sour dough flavor. It usually has raisins or other dried fruit in it. What made me excited about this recipe is that it had chocolate chips in it, yumm.

It turned out well for a first try. Sharon and I loved it. We gave it out to some people, but we didn't really get any feedback from them. I think the one thing I could have done better, especially with the big loaf, would be to keep it in a warmer area so that it would raise more. I think it was supposed to be a little taller and a little more fluffy.

Mini Panettone

Big Panettone

The recipe is involved so I won't type it out, but you can follow this link to the recipe online.