Panettone!

Which brand, OP? Always wanted to try.

❤️ Coco. So funny

Years ago when I was an administrative assistant to the VP of a company, a fellow assistant and I chipped in to gift the boss Pannetone for Christmas. It was a lot of money for us back then, so don’t judge.

About three years later, the VP was fired and the two of us had to clean out his office. We found the unopened Pannetone we gave him with card attached, in one of his file cabinets.

That’s a funny story r3!

What is it?

There actually quite good. Toasted with butter or made into french toast.

Also, they're from Brazil, not Italy.

Now you know. And why Coco? Was the much funnier Evie Harris not available?

*They're* oops.

I generally don't find drag queens funny but I've always though Coco could carry her own sitcom with good writers.

I bet that panettone would make a good bread pudding. If it’s stale, better still.

Still raped over here!

Brazilian here. Best brand is Bauducco. By the way, Pannetone was first made in Italy and brought to Brazil by the Italians circa 1900s.. Highly popular over there and I love going to Brazilian stores around Boston and get myself a nice Pannetone. My favorite is the chocolate version (Chocotone).

R6 is correct - Panettone French toast is amazing. Make a bourbon maple cream syrup to to finish it off and you don't even need Xmas dinner - guests will eat about 3 servings. AMAZING.

Hmmm Ive never tried Pannetone, but the french toast idea might push me into doing so

I cant believe some of you have never tried it. Ive eaten 2 Panettones since Thanksgiving! Im being a fat whore for the holidays!

Love Panettone. My partner makes an orange/chocolate bread pudding and it's delicious.

Y'all can keep it. Do not like candied citron.

R15, Claire's gonna come right on over.

Where is the Christmas 2018 Fruitcake Bitch? I want another damn fruitcake with extra rum & green candied cherries to help celebrate the Baby Jesus' Birthday! She better put out!

At Christmas, it's all about the cannoli.

Panettone bothers me

Panettone bothers me

[quote]About three years later, the VP was fired and the two of us had to clean out his office. We found the unopened Pannetone we gave him with card attached, in one of his file cabinets.

I bet it tasted exactly the same.

Aww... Love Coco!!

My mom loves this stuff, but I can't stand it. It's like fluffy fruitcake to me.

R24 Great description! My mum loves it too. It does make good french toast with a splash of Grand Marnier.

r24 anyone who doesn't like Panettone is a broken person!

It's the fruit bits I dislike.

I prefer when she goes for tension tamer tea

Another ultra-processed food for deathfats. MEH!

Has anyone ever tried pandoro? Is that basically like panettone sans the raisins?

Why not just eat a fucking kitchen sponge? It'll have more flavor.

I like it with butter AND Nutella

The Morgan Library NYC currently has an exhibit on Verdi's last two operas which were slow slogging. There is a letter written on Christmas Day to Verdi from La Scala urging him to finish "Otello". As an enticement they sent him a pannetone.

Just eat Challah with the toppings of your choice.

What's a good brand? The ones I remember eating, years ago, were always dry. I'm lazy - any supermarket brand worth a shot?

Pannetone is of Italian (Milan) origin, not Brazilian, though it became popular there and many other countries.

Panettone is an Italian type of sweet bread loaf originally from Milan (in the local Milanese dialect it is called panetton, usually prepared and enjoyed for Christmas and New Year in Western, Southern, and Southeastern Europe as well as in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, the Horn of Africa,[5] Australia, and to a lesser extent in former French, Spanish, and Portuguese colonies.

You're Welcome

World Market has quite a selection of Panettone.

I can also testify to its wonderfulness as french toast.

Just to be clear, while shopping yesterday I found a giant display of Panettone at our local Walgreens.

These are the ones in the cool yellow pyramid shaped boxes.

Each and every one was imported. Imported from Brazil.

I hate those things and I am Italian. There are like a giant Italian fruitcake only less dense and without the neon color fruit.

After watching that Coco video, I got stuck on YouTube for 2 hours watching more of her videos. She's very funny and as someone above said, she could have a great sitcom.

Where I live, there's something similar, ma senza i frutti cattivi.

Lightly toasted slathered in butter they're delicious with your morning coffee. And yes, french toast. OMG. R3, I bet if the Panettone was never opened, it was still edible! My mother had one sitting in it's original box on top of the refrigerator for like, a year, and then she died. No, she did. And we opened it and my brother ripped off a hunk smiled and said it was still good. So we ate it. Ma would've been happy.

I ate a whole panettone by myself yesterday.

[quote] So soft, moist and delicious!

Words one does not usually associate with Miss Coco Peru.

R41 Are you near DeLallo's home store?

R45, no, they have it at the Market District in Shadyside.

Ah yes, the Giant Eagle that's even more expensive than regular Giant Eagles! LOL

r47 Is it, actually? I think it just carries more, and more expensive, items. But the ones they both carry are priced identically. Am I wrong?

No, you're not wrong. But as you said, they focus on upscale options. Thus the checkout bill is usually more expensive!

I’d rather bake a Bundt cake in my gothic cathedral-shaped Bundt pan.

Read the ingredients. Buy the one with the least ingredients and NO VEGETABLE OIL. You may spend 10 to 120 bucks. So difficult to recommend a brand. In my parts it is all half price after Christmas so one may trade up. But an all butter Italian one, even store brand cheapie, can be just fine.

The one here.

For those who really have never tried it, it is a yeast bread cured in a similar way to sourdough, then flavored with dried fruits. The curing of the dough gives it a very light texture, but it is not a cake. It also accounts for the suggestion of an alcohol flavoring. It's traditionally served with a mascarpone cream or zabaione and either a hot drink or a glass of sparkling wine.

It's worth it to shop around for one without raisins. You get more of the citrus flavors. I love it as is, with a cup of hot cocoa, but as nearly everyone else has mentioned it makes an awesome french toast or bread pudding. Growing up in Argentina we had several versions of this.

For the adventuresome readers who may be uninitiated, and wish to try it, do NOT get the Whole Foods version. No good.

O.K. off topic but where is Evie Harris?

Love, love ,her.

R55 She's doing a burlesque show at an American Legion in Pocatello, Idaho...?

(seriously....not sure, it's been far too long.)