Armando’s panettone with berries is a delicious dessert made with Italy’s traditional Christmas cake, panettone. Panettone is a popular gift among Italians and my friend Armando Percuoco created it to use up all the leftover panettone in January. I find the brioche-like texture a bit dry on its own, but love it like this, doused with alcohol and fruit. Armando and I used berries and mint here for a red and green Christmas theme but take this versatile recipe as a guide and use whatever fruit and alcohol you like (mango and passionfruit are great too). Armando used to add maraschino cherry liqueur and these days uses his homemade limoncello. I often use Unico Cello limoncello from Applewood Distillery, but Cointreau, Grand Marnier work well too, even grappa. Serve another nip of the liqueur alongside for a truly festive finish to any meal.
Serves 8
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