THE ITALIAN CHRISTMAS CAKE
I wonder how many panettoni get produced for Christmas in Italy. They're everywhere you look, in every shop and supermarket, in every bakery and bar. I found this one, with a very original brown and red treatment, at Eataly in Asti, Piemonte
A chic one, you'd have to say! With cacao! The panettone is a great custom—it could only have been invented in Italy! If you were given a choice, as I was, that day walking around Asti, which pannetone would you have bought as a gift to your family and friends?
9 comments:
One of each! great post as always.
The variety of fancy packing reminds me of Chinese Moon Cakes at Mid-Autumn Festival. Those cakes, usually small, about 3" diameter, are made in elaborate molds so the cakes themselves are fancy as the packaging (usually 4-12 in a fancy box). When it comes to buying them, and I assume it is the same with the panettoni, the expensive ones are usually the best.
I don't know your favorite flavor of panettone, but for me the best moon cakes are the lotus paste with salted duck egg yolks. Mmmmm.
--Road to Parnassus
I'll have the sophisticated Armani Please, with a sprig of cedar tucked in-all the Christmas needed. pgt
I do envy your glorious pannetone options -
and will happily take that beautiful brown cacao.
Merci beaucoup !
jjj
The beautiful one at the bottom please.
For the family the Cacao. For my friends (or me) the Armani! too styled to leave behind...
This is a marveous photo essay, and was a delight to me as it unfolded. Just the other day, sitting in an Italian restaurant in midtown, I was entraced by a display of pannettone, wrapped in paper and ribbons, piled on a counter. So festive and Chistmas-y. Thanks! Reggie
I like the country feel of the signal orange and yellow one, seems homemade-ish. The gold is also nice. But I'd take any. Yum.
Lots of lovely pannetone Down Under too Paul. Our traditional Boxing Day brunch is thick slices of pannetone dipped in egg, pan fried in lashings of butter & served with powdered cinnamon sugar & heaps of really crispy wonderful local Adelaide Hills bacon. Not high gourmet but oh so good! Your pannetone images are fantastic!
Millie x
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