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Panforte/ Italian Christmas Fruit And Nut Cake

Jayanthy Asokan
Panforte is a Christmas Fruit Cake originating from Siena Italy. This recipe is made with mixed dry fruits,nuts,candied peel and spices.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Servings 16

Equipment

Digital Candy Thermometer
Microwave Convection Oven

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 cup Hazelnut 
  • 1.1 cup Blanched Almond 
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 0.5 cup Mixed dry fruits(raisins, sultanas, fig)
  • 0.1 cup Candied Citron, lemon, orange peel
  • 1½ tablespoon Unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon Ground cinnamon 
  • ⅔ cup Sugar 
  • 60 ml Maple syrup 
  • 100 ml Honey

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 180 °C . Place hazelnut on a tray and bake for 15 mins until it turns light brown. Keep it aside to cool.Bake almonds for 5 mins until it turns light brown. Let it cool. Chop hazelnut and almond coarsely. In a large bowl add nuts, candied fruit, spices, flour, salt and Cocoa powder.
  • Melt chocolate in a steel bowl by double boiler method.
  • Stir the melted chocolate into the chopped fruit and nut mixture.
  • Mix well until melted chocolate is evenly coated.
  • Meanwhile grease pan well and place a parchment paper below.In a sauce pan, stir together honey, sugar and maple syrup. Stir continuously until sugar has dissolved.
  • Wash the side’s of the pan with silicon brush dipped in warm water.
  • Continuously boil the mixture over medium heat without stirring until the temperature reaches 115 °C.
  • Switch off heat and stir the boiled sugar, honey and maple syrup into the chopped nut, fruits and flour mixture and mix gently.
  • Transfer the mixture immediately to the greased pan and flatten the surface with wet hands. Spread evenly as the mixture will get hard quickly
  • Preheat oven to 150 °C and bake for about 30 to 35 minutes or until the surface forms blisters. Remove from oven and let it cool on a wire rack.
  • Once it’s cooled, wrap tightly in a plastic wrap and store in a cool, dry place. Well wrapped Fruit cakes will stay for several months and can be served with cup of coffee or wine or as a dessert after a meal.

Notes

You can add any dry fruits according to your taste. Can add pepper powder or ginger powder with the combination of cinnamon powder.
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