Panettone

* Exported from MasterCook II *

PANETTONE

Recipe By : COOKING LIVE SHOW #CL8780
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : New Text Import Cooking Live

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 stick unsalted butter, softened to room temperat
2 eggs and 3 yolks
3 1/2 cups flour
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup currants, soaked 1 hour in warm water and
Zest of 2 oranges
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda


Preheat oven to 425 degrees

Butter and flour 8-inch tall round cake pan. In a mixer cream butter
with
eggs and yolks until pale yellow, about 3 to 4 minutes. Place dough
hook on
to mixer and, while running, add half of the flour. Add half the milk
and
mix one minute. Add remainder of flour followed by remainder of milk
and
all of the sugar and allow to mix 20 minutes. Spread out on to
floured
cooking surface and sprinkle with currants, orange zest, cream of
tartar
and baking soda and knead for about 5 to 10 minutes. Place into
panettone
pan and put into oven. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until a
toothpick
inserted comes out dry. Remove from oven, invert on to a rack and
allow to
cool. Top should be quite cracked. Serve sliced into wedges.

Yield: 4 serving

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