This Italian candy bread is paying homage to panettone, however was made by poor staff who could not afford richer components: like sugar! That is proper, all of the sweetness comes naturally from raisins. You will not imagine how scrumptious this easy deal with is till you strive it!
Pane Tramvai | Italian Candy Raisin Bread | “Poor Man’s Panettone”
Watch the Pasta Grammar video the place we make this recipe right here:
Makes 2 loaves of bread. Please word that within the video above, we made half for demonstration functions so the quantities might seem completely different.
For this recipe, you’ll need:
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4 1/8 cups (500g) bread flour, plus further for dusting
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1 1/8 cup (280ml) water, or as wanted
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1 tsp. (5g) energetic dried yeast
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3 1/2 tsp. (20g) salt
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2/3 cup (150g) room temperature butter, in small items
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3 1/3 cups (500g) raisins
You may knead this dough by hand, or use a stand mixer to avoid wasting time. Within the former case, you may wish to work on a granite, marble or metallic floor. If utilizing the latter methodology, all of the steps are the identical besides all the pieces could be combined proper within the bowl of the mixer utilizing a medium/sluggish velocity and dough hook attachment.
Mix the flour and yeast in a big mixing bowl. Add about half of the water and start mixing it in by hand. When a really tough, crumbly dough types combine within the salt, then add sufficient of the remaining water to kind a comfortable dough that is not very sticky.
Switch the dough onto a easy work floor and knead till it’s uniform. Mud with flour if it is sticky. Flatten the dough right into a pancake and press half of the butter items into it. Fold the dough and proceed to knead till the butter is well-incorporated.
Flatten the dough once more and repeat with the remaining butter. Preserve kneading and folding! The dough will get very, very sticky however stick with it and preserve working till the butter may be very nicely combined in—about quarter-hour of kneading by hand (much less if utilizing a mixer). Use a bench scraper if essential to scoop the dough off the counter and fold it in half repeatedly.
Lastly, flatten the dough out a 3rd time and pour all the raisins on high. Rapidly knead them in so that they are evenly distributed. Collect the dough right into a ball and place it in a mixing bowl.
Let the dough rise at room temperature for two 1/2 hours. After it has risen, lower the dough in half and kind each bit right into a thick, sausage form. Place each on a baking sheet (with loads of house in between) that has been frivolously dusted with flour, and refrigerate in a single day or for at the least 8 hours.
Whenever you’re able to bake, preheat an oven to 425 levels F (220C). Place the baking sheet instantly from the fridge into the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Decrease the warmth to 355F (180C) and bake an additional 20 minutes.
Serve heat or chilly. Buon appetito!
