Pandolce genovese

This sweet old derivation, is par excellence the final scope of every Christmas feast.

While it was once home to pack tradition now lingers now usual to purchase it directly from Baker, mainly due to difficulties in obtaining a good result if you don't possess enough experience to rise; the latter is the secret of a good outcome, as well as plenty of raisins, candied fruit, pistachios and pine nuts.

Put on 200 g pastry flour with a pinch of salt and knead it with the leavened bread and pasta with a few tablespoons of lukewarm water in order to obtain a soft dough that you will put in warm place to rise for about eight hours in a floured Bowl, covered with a towel.

After this time, melt the butter in a small saucepan to heat slightly; do you have a fountain on a pastry Board the rest of the flour with a pinch of salt and pour in butter, marsala, the fior d'arancio water and sugar; mix well all the ingredients and add the stick of leavened dough.

Knead well and long with his hands, adding, if necessary, a few tablespoons of warm water to make a soft dough and well-crafted.

Add the pine nuts, the raisins well squeezed, pistachios, candied squash, fennel seed and continue to work the dough with energy for at least a quarter of an hour or more, until a dough is well-blended that you will give the shape of a large round loaf low.

Lightly grease and flour the plate and sprinkle the loaf getting wrapped all around with cardstock so that it does not widen too much during the rising.

Place the pandolce to rise for twelve hours in warm environment.

covered with a towel.

After rising made with the tip of a sharp knife, in the Middle, a cross and go straight into the already hot oven (200 degrees) for about an hour.

Remove the cake and allow to cool before removing it from the plate.

This sweet is more appreciable consumed the next day to prepare as it tends to lose moisture.

Advanced slices are excellent baked bread.

Wines: Sciacchetrà (Liguria) servito a 10 degrees; Moscato D'Asti Spumante (Piedmont) to 7 degrees; Moscato del Salento (Puglia) to 10 degrees.