Easy gastronomic panettone, the savory and enriched version of the traditional Christmas cake. A work of art resurrected from the seventies and eighties, now very fashionable. If well prepared, they are truly photogenic, it is important to fill each layer generously and with creativity, everyone will love it. You can decide to prepare it from scratch, including the base bread, or buy it ready to serve, filled and already sliced. Or, as I did, buy the ready-made base and fill it at home, the ideal if you find it, is Pan Canasta, a cross between brioche bread and sandwich loaf, made with flour, eggs, and butter, with a neutral taste. Perfect as an appetizer, or starter, enjoy it as you like.
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 8
- Cooking methods: No cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Autumn, Winter
Ingredients for easy gastronomic panettone
- 1 jar mayonnaise
- 4 tablespoons ketchup
- 3.5 oz shrimp
- 3.5 oz smoked salmon
- 4 oz sour cream
- lime (zest of 1, grated)
- as needed chives
- 2.8 oz Parma ham
- 1 robiola cheese
- 3 radish
- 2.8 oz Bologna mortadella
- 1.75 oz green sauce
- 3 eggs
- as needed pink pepper
- 3.2 oz Russian salad (ready-made)
- 1 gastronomic panettone
Tools
- Cutting Board Premium Thick Bamboo Cutting Boards – Set of 3 – 13×8.7in / 11×8.7in / 8.7×5.9in – Ideal for Cutting Meat, Vegetables, Cheese, and Bread
Steps for easy gastronomic panettone
panettone condiments
Pink sauce and shrimp. Prepare the pink sauce by mixing mayonnaise and ketchup, but if you prefer, you can use the ready-made one. Add the shrimp to the sauce, mix, and spread on the slice
Sour cream and smoked salmon. Flavor the cream with grated lime zest, pink pepper, and minced chives. Then garnish with salmon
Parma ham and robiola. Mix the robiola in a bowl to make it creamy, and slice some radishes to use as garnish. Place the ham slices between the cream and the radishes.
Mortadella and green sauce. To prepare the sauce, you need a bunch of parsley, 2 anchovy fillets in oil, a teaspoon of pistachios, some capers, and 1.5 oz of extra virgin olive oil. Blend everything for a few seconds and the sauce is ready. Place the mortadella on top of the sauce.
Eggs and Russian salad. Spread the Russian salad on the slice, cover it with slices of boiled egg
Assembling the panettone. Divide the panettone into 5 or 6 discs, then cut them in half. Fill with the previously prepared condiments. One way to make tasting the panettone easier is to put two slices between the fillings, thus making a single portion a real sandwich. A curiosity, traditionally, there should be 5 layers, but a few more fit…
