Panettone
photo by Rita1652
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 236.59 ml raisins
- 59.14 ml rum
- 236.59 ml water (divided)
- 887.21 ml flour
- 118.29 ml sugar
- 2.46 ml salt
- 2.46 ml active dry yeast
- 1.23 ml lemon zest
- 1 vanilla bean, halved and split making 4 pieces
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 14.79 ml honey
- 177.48 ml butter, softened
- 14.79 ml butter, melted
- 70.87 g marzipan
- 14.79 ml butter, well chilled
directions
- Soak raisins in rum and 2 tablespoons hot water till plump.
- Mix flour, sugar, salt, yeast, zest and vanilla bean in mixer on low speed until combined.
- Whisk the eggs, remaining water and honey together.
- With mixer at low speed pour in egg mixer into the flour mixture. Increase speed to medium-low to combine.
- Add 12 tablespoons butter one tablespoon at a time, mixing till all is incorporated increasing speed to med-high. Mix for 8-10 minutes till dough is smooth and elastic.
- Meanwhile drain raisins and combine with melted butter.
- Crumble marzipan.
- Stir in the raisins and marzipan.
- Place dough including vanilla bean in a large bowl covered with plastic wrap. Let rise till triple in volume about 12-15 hours in a draft free place. Oven is perfect for this. Overnight is ideal.
- Punch down and remove bean be sure to remove any of the seeds and mix into the dough, discarding the pods.
- On a work surface or sil pad dusted with flour place the dough. Dust the dough. Fold the edges into the center placing seam side down into a panettone mold, clean and dried generously buttered coffee can or a generously buttered bundt pan. Cover with a damp linen towel. NO terry towels! Let rise in a warm draft free spot for 5 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees with rack lower 3rd of oven.
- Place mold on a cookie sheet pan. Using a sharp knife mark the raised dough with an X one inch deep and place the chilled butter into it.
- Bake till toothpick comes out slightly moist NOT wet. About 1 hour at this point it should be very dark.
- Cool completely before cutting.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Rita1652
Jamesburg, New Jersey