Panettone

15cm/6” deep round loose bottom cake tin, parchment paper or a paper panettone case, 2 x BBQ sticks or metal skewers, kitchen foil and 2 x mixing bowls

FIRST DOUGH
50g Doves Farm Organic Fine Wholemeal Flour
1 tsp Doves Farm Quick Yeast
100g tepid milk

SECOND DOUGH
1 tsp orange – grated rind
4 tbsp orange juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
100g Doves Farm Organic Strong White Flour
150g 1st dough from above

THIRD DOUGH
150g Doves Farm Organic Strong White Flour
50g butter
300g 2nd dough from above
1 egg

FOURTH DOUGH
75g caster sugar
50g mixed peel
25g sultanas
500g 3rd dough from above

COOLING THE PANETTONE
2 BBQ sticks or metal skewers
1 tsp icing sugar

190°C, Fan 170°C, 375°F, Gas 5

Panettone 1st Dough

1. Put the wholemeal flour, yeast and milk into a mixing bowl, stir to combine.
2. Invert a larger bowl over the mixing bowl and leave until thick, lightly spongy and bubbly, about 2 hours.

Panettone 2nd Dough

1. Finely grate the orange rind into a mixing bowl, pour on the orange juice and vanilla extract and beat together well.
2. Add the flour and 1st dough and stir to make a sticky dough.
3. Continue stirring with a spoon, or with your hands, until the dough has turned in the bowl for 100 presses, without adding flour.
4. Cover with a damp tea towel and leave in a warm place, for 8 hours or overnight, to double in size and have a spongy appearance.

Panettone 3rd Dough

1. Put the white flour into a clean mixing bowl.
2. Chop the butter into small cubes and add them to the bowl.
3. Using a fork or pastry blender, work them together until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
4. Tip this into the bowl containing the 2^nd
5. Break the egg into a bowl, beat well and add it to the 2nd dough.
6. Mix everything together to make the 3rd dough.
7. Gather the dough and knead it in the bowl with your hands or with a spoon for 100 presses without adding further flour.
8. Invert a larger mixing bowl over the dough bowl and leave in a warm place to double in size, about 4-6 hours.

Panettone 4th Dough

1. Line the base and sides of a 15cm/6” deep, round, loose bottom cake tin with a double layer of parchment or greaseproof paper which is 15cm/6” tall.
2. Add the sugar, mixed peel and sultanas to the 3rd dough and knead it in the bowl for 100 presses without adding flour.
3. Shape the dough into a ball and put it into the prepared cake tin, pressing any fruit on the surface into the dough.
4. Invert a large bowl over the tin and leave until the dough has trebled in size and is taller than the tin, about 3-6 hours.
5. Adjust your oven shelves so that the panettone fits in easily and pre-heat the oven.
6. Bake for 40 minutes.

Cooling The Panettone

1. Take the panettone out of the oven and leave it in the tin for 3-4 minutes.
2. Gently turn the panettone out of its tin so that it is on its side on the work surface and remove the parchment.
3. Insert two BBQ sticks into the side of the panettone, half way between the top and bottom of the panettone and 75mm/3” apart.
4. Gently turn the panettone onto its base and push the BBQ sticks through so the panettone is in the middle of the sticks.
5. Place the cake tin, without its base, over the panettone so that it rests on the BBQ sticks.
6. Gently turn the panettone over so the cake is hanging upside down in the tin, suspended on the BBQ sticks.
7. Leave to hang in this position until quite cold.
8. When cold, wrap in kitchen foil and store in a tin.
9. Before serving sieve a teaspoon of icing sugar over the top.