Special Holiday Food & Wine - Recipes From Europe

Panettone is a typical bread of Milan, usually prepared and enjoyed for Christmas and New Year around Italy, and one of the symbols of the city.

Glögg is a Scandinavian form of red wine that is heated and spiced.

Grog is a Scandinavian drink made by mixing various kinds of alcohol and/or soda, fruit juice or similar ingredients.

Panettone

Panettone can be frozen for up to 3 months, but tastes best when fresh from the oven!

This recipe will give 2 panettone in regular bread tins, or one panettone in a large cake tin.

• 100 gr butter
• 5 dl milk
• 50 gr fresh yeast
• 1 dl sugar
• 1 ts cinnamon
• 1 ts cardamom
• 1/2 ts ginger
• 150 gr dried and candied fruits (traditionally raisins and chopped candied lemon and orange peel)
• 12 dl flour
• 1 egg yolk for brushing the panettone

1. Melt the butter in a pot. Mix the melted butter with the milk. Let it cool a little, so that it's not warmer than body temperature, 37C.
2. Take the yeast and crumble it in a mixing bowl.
3. Pour in the butter and milk mix and stir well.
4. Mix in the sugar, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger and dried fruits.
5. Mix in the flour, and knead the dough well. Put the dough bake in the bowl.
6. Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and let stand in a warm place and rise for 30 minutes.
7. After 30 minutes, beat down the dough. Cover it with a plastic wrap again and let it rise for another 30 minutes or until doubled in size.
8. Take the dough out of the bowl and knead it again.
9. Two options for baking: 1) Divide the dough into two equal parts. Put them into two buttered cake or bread tins. 2) Traditionally panettone is made in a high, large round cake tin. If you wish to have a more traditional shape than option 1 provides with the bread tins, take a 22cm diameter cake tin and cover the inside walls with baking paper which reaches up a further 5-10 cm over the tin edge. Put the whole dough into the tin.
10. Cover and let rise for 30-45 minutes.
11. Preheat the oven to 220C.
12. Beat the egg yolk a little and brush the egg over the panettone.
13. If you made two small panettone: Bake the panettone for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown and done. If you made one large panettone: Bake the panettone for 15+20 minutes on 220C, and for another 30 minutes on 175C or until done.
14. Take the panettone out of the oven and let cool on a rack.

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Glögg

Serves 6 people

• 1 bottle (.75l) red wine
• 3 ss Madeira
• 1 dl brown sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• peel of 1 orange
• vodka (optional)
• 10 ss blanched almonds
• 10 ss raisins

1. Take the red wine, Madeira, brown sugar, cinnamon sticks, orange peel and heat in a pot on low heat. Make sure it does not boil.
2. Sweeten to taste (add more brown sugar if needed.)
3. A little dash of vodka added just before serving gives it a kick.
4. Add the raisins and the almonds to the drink.
5. Pour into cups, make sure everybody gets raisins and almonds in their cup.

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Grog

• 2 parts dark rum
• 1/2 part fresh lime
• 1 ts brown sugar
• 4 parts hot water
• slice of orange pr mug
• cinnamon stick pr mug

1. Mix rum, lime juice, brown sugar and hot water in a jug.
2. Pour into mugs.
3. Decorate each mug with a slice of orange and a cinnamon stick.

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