Panettone Dressing Squares Food

PANETTONE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cut the panettone into 3/4-inch squares and place in large bowl. Melt half of the butter in a saucepan over medium heat and continue to cook until light brown, about 5 minutes.
• Take off the heat and add half the sage. Season with salt and pepper. Pour the sage butter over the bread and toss gently but swiftly. Spread out on 2 cooking sheets and place in the oven until light brown, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and place back into the bowl.
• Meanwhile, place the dried fruit in a large bowl; add boiling water to cover and then set aside for at least 10 minutes. This will plump and soften the fruit for cooking. Drain fruit once plumped.
• Raise the oven temperature to 375 degrees F.
• Melt the remaining butter and add onion, celery, and carrot. Saute on medium-low heat until soft. Add dried fruit and remaining sage. Toss into cooled croutons. Gently toss and add chicken broth to moisten; add more broth if you like a softer stuffing. Stir in beaten eggs now, if using. Adjust salt and pepper, to your liking. Turn out into an oven-proof casserole.
• Bake uncovered until golden brown on top, about 40 minutes.

PANETTONE FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Grease a 2 1/2- to 3-quart casserole dish with butter; set aside.
• Cut the panettone into 1-inch-thick slices (you should get about 5 or 6); if you have an odd number of slices, cut one in half. Spread the jam on half the slices. Spread the cream cheese on the other half. Press 1 slice of each together to form sandwiches. Cut the sandwiches into 1-inch squares, and arrange haphazardly in the prepared dish. (Don't worry; this can be a little messy. If the sandwich pieces come apart, just spread them out to fill in the spaces evenly. There's no need to re-form the pieces into sandwich squares.)
• Whisk together the half-and-half, eggs, granulated sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl until combined. Pour evenly over the panettone in the dish. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 6 hours up to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Remove the plastic wrap from the dish, and push down on the casserole. Sprinkle the almonds on top. Bake until puffed and golden brown and the custard is set (the center of the casserole will feel firm when touched), about 1 hour 10 minutes. If the top starts to brown too quickly, loosely cover with foil. Let cool for 20 minutes before serving warm or at room temperature with a dusting of confectioner's sugar.

PANETTONE DRESSING SQUARES

Steps:

• Peel and halve the shallots (or peel and quarter the onions) and quarter and core the apples, and roughly cut up the pancetta (or bacon). Drop the shallot or onion and the apple pieces into the bowl of a food processor along with the celery stalks, snapped in half, and the sage leaves, and process in a short burst to start the chopping, before adding the roughly cut pancetta (or bacon), and then blitz at full speed until finely chopped. Don't worry about the mixture's wetness; mush is what I expect. You can chop everything by hand, though; in which case, don't expect to get everything as ground up as it would in the processor. Anything goes.
• Heat the garlic-flavored oil in a wide, heavy frying pan and fry this mixture, stirring every now and again, for 10-15 minutes, until the vegetables et al. have softened. Remove the fried mixture to a large bowl, crumble in the chestnuts, grate in the lemon zest and squeeze in the juice, then tear and crumble in the panettone, and-I use my hands for this-combine everything into a squidgy, fragrant paste. (If you're making this in advance, leave it to cool at this stage, then cover and transfer to the refrigerator where it can stand for up to 2 days.)
• When you are ready to cook this, preheat the oven to 400°F and let the dressing come to room temperature. Uncover the bowl, beat the eggs and mix them in, then spread the mixture into a foil pan or lightly greased ovenproof dish, and bake for 25-30 minutes, until the edges brown and begin to come away from the pan or dish and a cake tester comes out clean.
• For appetizers, let the pan cool for 30 minutes and then cut into 48 little bite-sized squares-or into 24 larger pieces to accompany roasted meat, if you'd prefer.

SAVORY PANETTONE

Steps:

• Beat eggs and salt lightly in a bowl.
• Stir 1/2 cup plus 2 1/2 tablespoons lukewarm milk, yeast, and sugar together in a bowl. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
• Mix tipo 00 and bread flours together in a bowl. Make a well in the center. Add beaten eggs and yeast mixture. Mix together with a fork. Add water and mix again to form a sticky ball. Knead butter into the dough a little bit at a time.
• Transfer dough to a floured work surface and knead vigorously until smooth, about 10 minutes. Place in a lightly floured bowl, cover with a clean, damp cloth and let rest in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Turn dough out on a floured surface. Stretch out one piece and fold it over the top. Repeat with another section of dough, working your way around the circle. Place dough in a paper panettone mold. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until dough reaches the rim of the mold, about 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Fill a baking dish with some water and place it on the bottom rack of the oven to keep the panettone moist as it bakes.
• Brush the top of the panettone with some milk and place the mold on a flat baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire rack for a few minutes. Pierce the side, near the bottom, with 2 long wooden skewers that will stick out the other side. Flip the panettone gently and set the skewers on the rim of a tall pot. Cool panettone upside down so it doesn't collapse, at least 5 hours.
• Mix tuna and mayonnaise together in a bowl until smooth. Blend olives, olive oil, anchovy fillets, and capers in another bowl until smooth. Mix cream cheese and ham together in a third bowl.
• Remove skewers gently from the panettone and slice lengthwise to obtain 6 slices, including the top. Lay the bottom slice on a serving plate; spread with tuna mixture. Cover with shrimp and lettuce. Press second slice on top; add third slice. Spread olive mixture on top and cover with mozzarella cheese. Press fourth slice on top; add fifth slice. Spread cream cheese mixture on top and cover with prosciutto. Cover with the top slice.
• Wrap panettone in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving. Slice into wedges from top to bottom.

ITALIAN BREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, add bread cubes; set aside. In 12-inch skillet, melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat until light brown. Remove from heat; stir in sage, salt and pepper. Pour sage butter over bread cubes and toss gently. On 2 cookie sheets, spread out seasoned bread cubes. Bake 15 minutes or until light brown; return to bowl.
• Meanwhile, in medium bowl, place the dried fruits. Add boiling water to cover and allow to stand at least 10 minutes to plump and soften fruits. Drain; add to seasoned bread cubes.
• Increase oven temperature to 375°F. In same skillet, melt remaining 1/4 cup butter over medium heat. Add onion, celery and carrots to butter; cook 7 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender. Add to dressing mixture in bowl; gently toss. Stir in broth. Stir in beaten eggs just until blended.
• Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. Spoon dressing into baking dish. Bake uncovered 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown.

PANETTONE

Steps:

• Soak raisins in rum and 2 tablespoons hot water till plump.
• Mix flour, sugar, salt, yeast, zest and vanilla bean in mixer on low speed until combined.
• Whisk the eggs, remaining water and honey together.
• With mixer at low speed pour in egg mixer into the flour mixture. Increase speed to medium-low to combine.
• Add 12 tablespoons butter one tablespoon at a time, mixing till all is incorporated increasing speed to med-high. Mix for 8-10 minutes till dough is smooth and elastic.
• Meanwhile drain raisins and combine with melted butter.
• Crumble marzipan.
• Stir in the raisins and marzipan.
• Place dough including vanilla bean in a large bowl covered with plastic wrap. Let rise till triple in volume about 12-15 hours in a draft free place. Oven is perfect for this. Overnight is ideal.
• Punch down and remove bean be sure to remove any of the seeds and mix into the dough, discarding the pods.
• On a work surface or sil pad dusted with flour place the dough. Dust the dough. Fold the edges into the center placing seam side down into a panettone mold, clean and dried generously buttered coffee can or a generously buttered bundt pan. Cover with a damp linen towel. NO terry towels! Let rise in a warm draft free spot for 5 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees with rack lower 3rd of oven.
• Place mold on a cookie sheet pan. Using a sharp knife mark the raised dough with an X one inch deep and place the chilled butter into it.
• Bake till toothpick comes out slightly moist NOT wet. About 1 hour at this point it should be very dark.
• Cool completely before cutting.

PANETTONE HOLIDAY DRESSING

Steps:

• Cut the panettone into 3/4-inch squares and place in large bowl.
• Melt half of the butter in a saucepan over medium heat and continue to cook until light brown, about 5 minutes.
• Take off the heat and add half the sage; season with salt and pepper.
• Pour the sage butter over the bread and toss gently but swiftly.
• Spread out on 2 cookie sheets and place in a 350°F oven until light brown, about 15 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and place back into the bowl.
• Meanwhile, place the dried fruit in a large bowl; add boiling water to cover and then set aside for at least 10 minutes; this will plump and soften the fruit for cooking. Drain fruit once plumped.
• Raise the oven temperature to 375°F.
• Melt the remaining butter and add onion, celery, and carrot.
• Saute on medium-low heat until soft.
• Add dried fruit and remaining sage; toss into cooled croutons.
• Gently toss and add chicken broth to moisten; add more broth if you like a softer stuffing.
• Stir in beaten eggs; adjust salt and pepper.
• Turn out into an oven-proof casserole and bake uncovered until golden brown on top, about 40 minutes.