Welcome to the Blogging from A to Z Challenge! Each day in April (except Sundays) I’ll be posting about unusual and exotic foods.
I don’t know about you, but I needed a break from the sheep heads and mucilaginous vegetables! How about a slice of pandoro?
A traditional Italian sweet bread (which is very different from sweetbreads, pandoro (literally, ‘golden bread’) is popular around Christmas and New Year. Back in the Middle Ages, the common folk ate black bread, but in the palaces, breads enriched with eggs, butter, and sugar or honey were served (golden breads). The first notation of ‘pandoro’ dates back to the 18th centure, in Venice.
Unlike the panettone from Milan, which has more of a cupola shape, the pandoro has an eight-pointed star section. It’s often served dusted with powdered sugar to resemble the snowy Italian Alps.
Do I really need to ask? Would you try the pandoro?
I keep thinking I’m hurting your feelings when I say I won’t eat what’s in you blogs. To make up for it, I will eat several slice of this!
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I would definitely try this and am surprised that I have never had it before. Weekends In Maine
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Yes, please. Eggs, butter, and sugar, what’s not to like?
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Yes please!
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Yes, please. Delicious. I love cake.
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Looks yummy…but it’s missing chocolate 🙂
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If I’m offered a slice, I’ll take it.
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Yes, yes, yes. Carbs, Italian, sweet – I’m in.
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Hmmmmm, let me think about it… well, YES!!
P is for Pojagi
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If anyone answers “no” to this one, I’ll gladly take their slice!
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I have made panettone for Christmas gifts in the past. As my family is from the Venice area, I am sure they had this cake when I was a kid. My aunt was big into everything traditional – like toroni candy that got stuck in your teeth.
I have actually seen this in a local store where I shop. Have never tried it.
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And this pandoro is just baked in a different kind of pan.
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