Panettone, undisputed king of the Christmas table, is undoubtedly one of the most famous cakes in traditional Italian gastronomy.<\/p>\n
In every Italian household, it is the equivalent of the Christmas tree or the garlands over the fireplace.\u00a0 It absolutely cannot be missed as dessert to conclude Christmas Day lunch on December 25.\u00a0 It is of Milanese origin and has been referenced in testimonies dating back to the 15th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n During these times, on Christmas Day, it was customary for bakers to give their customers a gift of white bread (a privilege only for the rich) or sweets, filled with butter, honey, and raisins.\u00a0 It was a luxury bread, in Milanese, a \u201cpan de ton\u201d.<\/p>\n The origin of the panettone is shrouded in mystery so much so that it has become the basis of many legends. One such story attributes the origin to a cunning chef, known as Toni, who was in service at the court of Ludovico il Moro when he saved Christmas lunch by replacing a burnt cake with this easy to prepare bread (the only ingredients he needed were ones found in the pantry: flour, butter, eggs, candied citron and raisins).\u00a0 His experiment was a success among the diners at court and the cake remained famously called, \u201cel pan de Toni, \u201cor the bread of Toni\u201d.<\/p>\n The modern day recipe of panettone is not so different from that used by Toni. The ingredients remain few and simple, only those necessary to produce one of the most classical cakes in Italian cuisine.\u00a0 Now spread throughout all of Italy, the panettone is often enriched with new, gourmet additions such as almonds, chocolate, varied citrus zests and other dried fruits and nuts.<\/p>\n The panettone is a cheerful cake to be shared in good company; a slice should be enjoyed after a meal and can be eaten as is or accompanied with the addition of whipped cream or sweetened mascarpone.\u00a0 It is also a perfect pairing with sweet wines such as Moscato or Passito and even with Spumante for a festive midnight toast to the New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Panettone, undisputed king of the Christmas table, is undoubtedly one of the most famous cakes in traditional Italian gastronomy. In every Italian household, it is the equivalent of the Christmas tree or the garlands over the fireplace.\u00a0 It absolutely cannot be missed as dessert to conclude Christmas Day lunch on December 25.\u00a0 It is of […]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1002,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[203,202],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-901","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-prodotti-da-forno-en","7":"product_cat-sweets-and-biscuits","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"sale","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=901"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=901"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}