Italian cuisine · Desserts & Sweets

Panettone

Milanese yeast cake with raisins and candied orange peel – airy, buttery, festive.

Ingredients · for 12 servings

• 500 g flour
• 150 g butter
• 120 g sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 sachet dried yeast
• 150 ml lukewarm milk
• 150 g raisins
• 100 g candied orange peel
• 1 orange (zest)
• 1 vanilla pod
• 1 tsp salt

Instructions

1. Soak the raisins in warm water for 30 minutes and drain well.
2. Knead the flour, yeast, milk, sugar, eggs and salt for 10 minutes into a smooth dough.
3. Work in the soft butter piece by piece until the dough shines and comes away from the sides.
4. Cover and leave to rise for 2 hours until doubled in volume.
5. Knead in the raisins, candied peel, orange zest and vanilla seeds.
6. Fill into a tall paper mould, prove for another 2 hours and bake at 170 °C for 45 minutes.
7. Cool upside down so the cake does not collapse.