Ingredients
3 cups whole blanched almonds, roughly chopped
1 ¾ cups whole hazelnuts, skinned or unskinned, roughly chopped
2 cups diced candied orange peel
6 ounces dried apricots, diced
5 ounces dried figs, diced
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 ¾ cups granulated sugar (I used part orange sugar and part regular sugar.)
1 ¾ cups honey
6 tablespoons (3 ounces) unsalted butter
Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
Preparation
1. Position the rack in the middle of the oven and preheat oven to 325° F. Coat the pan with cooking spray, then lay a round of parchment in the bottom, and then coat the top of the parchment with cooking spray. Dust flour all the way around the sides and the bottom and tap out any extra. The panforte will be very sticky, so you want the pan to be well-prepared.
2. In the large bowl, toss together prepared almonds, hazelnuts, figs, apricots, and orange peels.
3. In the medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, cocoa powder, salt, nutmeg, cloves, and ground pepper. Make sure all the dry ingredients are thoroughly combined. Add the dry ingredients to the fruit and nuts and toss together until everything is thoroughly coated.
4. In the medium sauce pan with the candy thermometer attached, add the sugar, honey and butter and cook over medium heat until the temperature reaches 217° F. Remove the pan from the heat and remove the candy thermometer. Quickly pour the sugar mixture over the fruit and nuts mixture and stir together with a nonstick spatula until everything is thoroughly coated.
5. Pour into the prepared baking pan and spread the mixture around evenly.
6. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the surface is bubbly. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.
7. To serve, dust with powdered sugar and cut into thin slices. Wrap in parchment and plastic wrap to store.
Look here for some Siena Photos (the city of the Palio – called Palio of Siena):
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- Nannini Pastry shop in Siena
- Fiore Dessert Siena
- Il Magnifico Pastry shop at Siena
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