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BaconAndAvocado · 04/11/2023 09:18
What do people do with this Italian fare?
I really want to like them but the only one I ever had, given as a gift, was very dry.
Are you supposed to toast it and add butter?
I don’t get what all the fuss is about....
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CountTo10 · 04/11/2023 09:43
I agree. They seem to be style over substance. The only one I ever enjoyed was one with chocolate chips in which I put in the microwave for 20-30 secs to melt the chocolate. Otherwise they are dry and dull.
bruffin · 04/11/2023 09:48
I love Panettone and very rarely have dry one. Pannetonne is lovely dipped in coffee! I buy the mini ones so they dont last very long once opened
maslinpan · 04/11/2023 10:02
You can make fantastic bread and butter pudding if you want to use up dry or disappointing panettone.
Sourisblanche · 04/11/2023 10:04
Not keen myself, so many other far more delicious offerings to be consumed at this time of year.
TwigTheWonderKid · 04/11/2023 10:07
They shouldn't be dry. They should be light, fluffy and moist, especially with the little bits of candied fruit in them.
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AnnaMagnani · 04/11/2023 10:10
I don't understand them either. Even a posh one is meh and usually dry.
There is a limit to how much bread and butter pudding I want to eat, which is the only use for them.
simonthedog · 04/11/2023 10:10
All dry and boring, sitting in boxes for weeks on end, No thanks
JaninaDuszejko · 04/11/2023 10:11
My italian SIL says nobody in her home village eats them, they just pass round the same box round to each other 😂.
shardash · 04/11/2023 10:12
I've never been much of a fan, although we were given one with loads of orange & lemon peel in it one year, and I used it to make panettone bread & butter pudding.
Batsh*tCrazyWoman · 04/11/2023 10:14
I like panettone, I'll take yours off your hands! Moist, light, a little bit of spice - just lovely.
I loathe bread and butter pudding, and the abomination that is trifle that people make this time of year 🤢
KeepJoggingOn · 04/11/2023 10:14
I much prefer a slice of fruit cake.
EBearhug · 04/11/2023 10:16
It's more of a sweet bread than a cake. Good ones are fantastic, and they shouldn't be too dry.
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LylaLee · 04/11/2023 10:16
I've only ever had it served with cream. I thought everyone did this.
RaspberryJamTart · 04/11/2023 10:18
I always hated them, then I got a chocolate chip one, my DC loved it so I tried it and it was delicious.
Persipan · 04/11/2023 10:19
You can make THE BEST bread and butter pudding using panettone and, preferably, orange curd (or lemon curd will do). I just realised yesterday that with Wilko having now departed, my ability to stock up on massive amounts of cheap panettone is also gone and I am bereft.
iatealltheminieggs · 04/11/2023 10:24
I love pannetone! We go through loads at Christmas. We eat it like a slice of bread with butter.
grayhairdontcare · 04/11/2023 10:31
M&S panettone slightly warmed with clotted cream and candid fruit is a thing of pure joy
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mynameiscalypso · 04/11/2023 10:34
I know it's incredibly inauthentic but the M&S triple chocolate one is my favourite thing about Christmas. It has chocolate sauce rippled through it so it doesn't get dry. I have often wondered if I could eat a whole one in one sitting. I think I probably could.
pashmina696 · 04/11/2023 10:34
My Italian friend slices them from the top down and stacks it with whipped cream in layers into the shape of a Christmas tree - works with the non round ones obviously- it's lovely with cream. Alternatively toasted with butter or made into bread and butter pudding.
theduch*essofspork · 04/11/2023 10:36
maslinpan · 04/11/2023 10:02
You can make fantastic bread and butter pudding if you want to use up dry or disappointing panettone.
This is the only good use for them, IMO
SecretVictoria · 04/11/2023 10:37
Oh, this takes me back! Virgin Trains used to serve this as first class breakfast on weekends. You’d see everyone who’d booked 1st getting excited and waiting for their cooked breakfast….to be served a panettone and an apple 😂. They had lots of negative feedback IIRC.
RedRosie · 04/11/2023 10:39
I love it. But I think you get what you pay for with Panettone. Try an expensive, authentic Italian one. With whipped cream.
StefanosHill · 04/11/2023 10:42
I love it. I get a nice one and have it with coffee in the morning
Near Christmas only though
WandaWonder · 04/11/2023 10:46
For a girl or a boy?
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