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Sienas Panforte -- A Christmas Delight Recipe

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Ingredients
27
Count
Nutrition
8517
Calories
Total time
45
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • panforte nero
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 4 shelled bitter almonds
  • 1 1/2 cups (180 g) flour
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • about 4 oz candied citron
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 1 tbsp confectioner's sugar
  • 1/4 tsp ground pepper
  • panforte margherita
  • 1 1/2 cups (180 g) flour
  • 1 3/4 cups confectioner's sugar
  • 3/4 cup honey
  • 1 3/4 cup shelled almonds
  • 2 oz candied citron
  • 1 scant tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tbsp confectioner's sugar
  • both recipes require 15 wafers (the kind used for communion; available from delicatessens)

Directions:

  1. Once you have assembled the ingredients, proceed as follows:
  2. Parboil the nuts and toast them lightly. If you are making panforte nero, mash half the almonds with the bitter almonds, chop the rest with the pine nuts, and then combine the two; if you are making panforte Margherita chop the nuts together. Dice the candied fruit and mix it and the spices with the nuts, then mix in the flour.
  3. Line a 9-inch diameter deep dish pan with the wafers.
  4. Using a copper or heavy-bottomed pot and a very low flame, set the sugar, honey, chocolate (for panforte nero) and a touch of water to boil. Stir continuously with a wooden spoon, being careful to keep the mixture from sticking. When the syrup reaches the hard ball stage, remove the pot from the stove and stir in the fruit and nut mixture. Pour the resulting batter into the pan, smoothing the top with a dampened knife. Bake in a 300 F oven for about a half hour. The panforte should not brown.
  5. When the panforte's done, remove the pan from the oven and trim the excess wafers sticking up around it. If you are making panforte Margherita, sprinkle the confectioner's sugar over it. Serve cold, with vinsanto.
  6. A final word on panforte: It is available in delicatessens outside of Siena (generally the Margherita variety), in several sizes, the most common of which is about a half-inch thick and 9 inches across (1 cm by about 27, for the metric among us). You may also be able to find the thicker variety that's proudly displayed in the windows of Siena's bars and pastry shops, which is what you should buy if you visit Siena; I suggest you seek out the Pasticceria Bini, behind the duomo, on the street that circles down to the baptistery (exit Piazza del Duomo to the left of the cathedral).
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 8516.66 Kcal (35658 kJ)
Calories from fat 3639.23 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 404.36g 622%
Sodium 2041.34mg 85%
Potassium 3834.57mg 82%
Total Carbs 1207.14g 402%
Sugars 1073.09g 4292%
Dietary Fiber 75.59g 302%
Protein 151.06g 302%
Vitamin C 4.3mg 7%
Iron 15.2mg 84%
Calcium 1080.6mg 108%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 451.33 Kcal (1890 kJ)
Calories from fat 192.86 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 21.43g 622%
Sodium 108.18mg 85%
Potassium 203.21mg 82%
Total Carbs 63.97g 402%
Sugars 56.87g 4292%
Dietary Fiber 4.01g 302%
Protein 8.01g 302%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 7%
Iron 0.8mg 84%
Calcium 57.3mg 108%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 203.2
    Points
  • 243
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • cholesterol free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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