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Mini panettone – Italian recipe
The mini version of panettone is a super sweet, cute Christmas cake that makes a great little gift. Here is an easy panettone recipe for the delicious, heavenly soft cake with the golden dome and super fluffy heart!
- 10 Small panettone molds, (available online)
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- Step 1For the starter dough, mix 90 g flour with a pinch of dry yeast and 75 g cold water in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and leave to stand overnight at room temperature.
- Step 2Mix the flour, yeast, powdered sugar and salt in a large bowl, then knead in the starter dough, water, eggs and soft butter one after the other until you have a soft, smooth dough. This is best done in a food processor.
- Step 3Place the dough in a lightly buttered bowl, cover and leave to rise for one and a half to two hours. It should double in volume.
- Step 4In the meantime, mix the ingredients for the flavor mix and leave to infuse.
- Step 5Soak the raisins in water.
- Step 6Place the dough on a well-floured work surface and carefully shape by hand into a rectangular shape (approx. 50 x 35 cm).
- Step 7Spread 50 g of the soft butter evenly over the pastry. Then brush everything evenly with egg yolk. Drain the raisins and spread over the pastry together with the candied oranges and the flavor mix.
- Step 8Knead everything well until the ingredients are well incorporated into the dough.
- Step 9Divide the dough into 10 pieces of 130 g each. Shape the pieces into balls and place in lightly greased panettone molds. Place the moulds on a baking tray with a little space between them and cover and leave to rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
- Step 10Preheat the oven to 200° C fan. Then place the panettoni in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. At this point, lower the temperature to 160° C and bake for a further 15 – 20 minutes. If the top is browning too quickly, cover with aluminum foil. The cakes are ready when they are golden yellow and no more dough sticks to the skewer when tested with a skewer.
- Step 11Brush the hot panettoni with the remaining butter and leave to cool on a wire rack. They should rest for 24 hours before eating.
The panettone baking tin
Special panettone baking tins made of metal or paper are available in specialist shops and online. We used paper sleeves, about 6 – 7 cm high. We obtained these here.
If you have some in the house, you can also simply use clay flower pots. An important note: Because flower pots contain nitric acid, they should be soaked in water for several hours. Then line the pot with baking paper. It is best to leave the baking paper sticking out at the top, as the dough will still rise a lot when baking.
Everything for the fluff
It is actually quite difficult to get panettone as fluffy at home as it is in the bakery. The secret of the airiness lies not only in the ingredients and the rising time, but above all in what happens after the oven.
In an Italian bakery, the cakes are hung upside down immediately after baking. This is not so easy to do in the kitchen at home. If you do want to try it, we recommend piercing the cake just above the base with skewers and then hanging it upside down in a tall pan.
The panettone recipe in pictures
The secret of the panettone recipe? The traditional Italian Christmas cake is prepared in a similar way to the German Christstollen, using airy yeast dough that needs to rise well and for a long time. For those who like to let the pictures do the talking, here are the step-by-step instructions.
Fillings for panettone
You can modify the panettone recipe to your heart’s content. There are no limits to your imagination: raisins, candied fruit, dried soft apricots, drops of white or dark chocolate, pistachios, sweet muscatel wine or bourbon vanilla… Bake it up!
Panettone tips to enjoy
- Homemade panettone is a lovely gift idea: simply wrap a pretty bow around the cake!
- The Italian cake specialty unfolds its buttery aromas best when warm. Place a piece of panettone in the microwave for a few seconds.
- A sparkling sparkling wine is recommended to accompany the panettone.
- If you don’t have time to bake during the Christmas or Advent season, you can of course also buy the delicious panettone in our store.
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