Gourmet Christmas Panettone but with an unusual shape, like a pandoro. When sliced, it becomes a star. As a starter for lunches and dinners, appetizers are very important today, both at gala dinners and at a happy hour. These simple and classic appetizers have become real wild cards, if not even full meals. Let’s distinguish hot and cold appetizers. For the latter, as in this case of gourmet panettone, it can be prepared in advance and for many people. As for the former, the hot appetizers, I prefer to prepare them when we are a small number of guests because they are easier to manage as they need to be served hot.
- Difficulty: Medium
- Cost: Medium
- Rest time: 3 Hours 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 10
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas, New Year's Eve
- Energy 284.10 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 45.67 (g) of which sugars 2.86 (g)
- Proteins 9.14 (g)
- Fat 8.54 (g) of which saturated 1.82 (g)of which unsaturated 0.70 (g)
- Fibers 1.79 (g)
- Sodium 320.06 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 130 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 4 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1 egg
- 0.7 oz fresh yeast
- 5 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tbsp salt
Tools
- Pandoro Mold
- Stand Mixer
- Bowl
Steps
To prepare the gourmet panettone, I proceed as follows: I warm the milk and add the sugar, yeast, and part of the total weight of the flour. I let it rest for 30 minutes until the yeast activates. I put the starter in the stand mixer with the oil, egg, and start mixing with the hook. I gradually add the flour and lastly the salt. When the dough is elastic and compact, I let it rest covered for 2 hours in the oven (obviously turned off). After the time has passed, I take the risen dough, make some folds, and place it in the pandoro mold. My festive gourmet panettone has a star shape. I cover it with plastic wrap and let it rest for another hour. After the time has passed, I bake it at 375°F for 30 minutes.
I check if the baking time is sufficient and take out my gourmet Christmas panettone.
I wait for it to cool completely and then slice it horizontally to garnish it with all the sandwich ingredients.
For my gourmet panettone, I used mayonnaise first, spreading it on top and bottom of each slice. Then I used cooked ham with cheese, tuna with artichokes, hard-boiled eggs with pickles, tomato with mozzarella, and salmon or shrimp with lettuce. In fact, to be exact, I added lettuce to all the layers. There are many variations and with ingredients of your choice, you can make a super delicious appetizer.
Quick Tip
You can prepare a chicken salad and add it to one layer of your gourmet panettone, or Russian salad or capricciosa salad. Here I add the three links where you can find all three salads.
https://blog.giallozafferano.it/vaipinacucina/ricetta-insalatina-capricciosa/
https://blog.giallozafferano.it/vaipinacucina/insalata-russa/
https://blog.giallozafferano.it/vaipinacucina/insalata-di-pollo/
https://blog.giallozafferano.it/vaipinacucina/insalata-di-pollo/
https://blog.giallozafferano.it/vaipinacucina/insalata-di-pollo/
FAQ
If I wanted to prepare a gourmet panettone without fish, what can I add instead of salmon or shrimp?
If you want to prepare a gourmet panettone without fish, you could do a layer with arugula and bresaola, or spinach and mozzarella, turkey breast and arugula, salami and cheese, mozzarella and tomato, cheese and artichokes.
