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Buon Natale!… e se il panettone avanza? Chef Besana risolve il problema con una ricetta stellare

Written by Cesare Zucca on 25 Dicembre 2021 Edit

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(recipe in italian and english)—

Benvenuti a La Spezia!
Notevole porto mercantile e importante arsenale della Marina Militare italiana. Passeggiando per il centro della città scoprirete palazzi, portali, vetrate e fregi in stile liberty, mentre l’impronta futurista, presieduta dal fondatore Marinetti, si manifesta in rigorosi edifici, tra cui il Palazzo delle Poste che all’interno conserva il dinamico Mosaico delle Comunicazioni.

Merita una visita il Castello di San Giorgio, fortezza situata sulla collina del Poggio con il suo il Museo Archeologico “U. Formentini” che comprende reperti dalla Preistoria al Medioevo. .Non mancano opere contemporane (piuttosto contestate) come il susseguirsi delle arcate di Daniel Buren, artista francese famoso per le sue installazioni e la Fontana del Dialogo che per la sua forma tondeggiante viene scherzosamente soprannominata “Fontana del sedere” E devo ammettere che il richiamo c’è…

A Spezia si svolgono due importanti manifestazioni sportive: il Palio del Golfo, gara di remi fra le 13 borgate del Golfo e la gara di nuoto Coppa Byron. Il 13 Settembre, si festeggia il Patrono San Venerio con un suggestivo pellegrinaggio fino al suo santuario sull Isola del Tino.

Un Museo da non perdere
Amedeo Lia, eccezionale collezionista d’arte ha iniziato ad acquistare dipinti ed oggetti d’arte nel secondo dopoguerra e ha allestito una fra le più prestigiose raccolte d’arte europee e mondiali. Il Museo,che porta il suo nome, ospiterà fino al 23 Gennaio 2022 la mostra “Dante e Giotto. Dialogo e suggestione”, che presenta eccezionali documenti figurativi, provenienti da Firenze e Castefiorentino olre che ggetti sontuari e pagine miniate che offrono la straordinaria occasione di comprendere quale riverbero abbia infatti avuto la rivoluzione giottesca.

Il Museo Lia e la Mostra dedicata a Giotto e Dante

Giovane stella del panorama gastronomico spezzino è Andrea M Besana , al timone di Andree  affascinante ristorante gourmet nel cuore di Spezia, giustamente segnalato dalla Guida Michelin.


Un tuffo in un ambiente elegante, tra le storiche mura di un palazzo medioevale, oggi personalizzato da un design raffinato e dettagli curatissimi. La cucina di Chef Besana è capace di coniugare materia prima stagionale e ricette tradizionali, con le tecniche contemporanee.
L’ho incontrato per una breve intervista.

Ciao Andrea, se hai un weekend libero, dove ti piace andare?
Amo la montagna, l’ Alto Adige e la Val di Fassa, gastronomicamente molto interessanti, In più ho l’occasione di visitare dei parenti e un caro amico-collega, Cristopher  Oberhammer, chef al Tilia di Dobbiaco. Il tuo debutto come chef?
13 anni fa. Facevo tutt’altro: studiavo scienza dei materiali. Chiara, la mia compagna, è di Spezia e i suoi genitori stavano terminando la costruzione di un relais appena fuori città, sulla prima collina nella strada verso Campiglio. Ho iniziato con dare una mano e poi mi sono ritrovato tra i fornelli.

crema di pane con polpo e porri fritti

Siamo in una città di mare, mi raccontami i piatti di pesce di Andree?
Beh, innanzitutto vorrei precisare che La Spezia più che una città di mare  è una città “con” il mare, peraltro inaccessibile, perchè dominato dal porto e dall’arsenale, quindi non c’è una grande tradizione del pescato, al di là dei muscoli (cioè le cozze) e delle acciughe. Mi piace dare spazio ai pescetti del territorio o addirittura a pesci di fiume, come la trota che ho scoperto nella riserva Monti, in Lunigiana. L’ ho sperimentata in versione affumicata, mi è piaciuta e ho deciso di lavorarla e inserirla nel mio menu.

trota della lunigiana con patate, cime di rape, polvere di cipolla,caviale di trota e crema di cachi.

Il tuo ingrediente preferito?
Sono nato a Varese nel “triangolo del riso”, un ingrediente che mi piace cucinare in modi diversi, per esempio oggi in carta ho inserito il tradizionale riso e latte della nonna in versione dessert, cotto nell’acqua, finito nel latte e reso cremoso da panna fresca. Riso e latte mi ricorda un cibo rassicurante,  un abbraccio, che ho voluto rafforzare con un sorbetto alla camomilla e una frolla al cacao.

Il dessert “relax”di riso e latte con sorbetto alla camomilla

A proposito, il tuo primo ricordo in cucina? (sorride)  A casa non mi lasciavano avvicinare ai  fornelli perché ero un pasticcione, sporcavo dappertutto.. e assaggiavo qualunque cosa, buona o no… ricordo gli involtini di carne di nonna, che come cuoca non era un gran che, in effetti erano secchi e duri, ma per me una delizia. C’è un piatto che preferisci mangiare se cucinato da un’altra persona? Torniamo al riso, stavolta nelle torte salate. Ne ho assaggiaggiate tante, ma quella di Graziella, la tata di famiglia, è insuperabile! La tua cucina in tre parole…
Prodotto, tecnica, estro. Il commento che ti piace sentire dai clientI?
“Siamo stati benissimo”.

.Andrea, ci attende la tradizionale abbuffata natalizia, ma spesso il panettone avanza… Un’idea “riciclo gourmet” ?
Sono partito da un panettone tradizionale con le sole uvette, e mi sono   isiprato al tradizionale pandolce ligure, rivisitandolo e giocando con le consistenze degli altri ingredienti: arancia candita, pinoli e finocchietto. Ho realizzato un dessert che ho chiamato “tra panettone e pandolce “, un dolce che vuole festeggiare il Natale… anche il giorno dopo! TRA PANETTONE E PANDOLCE


Ingredienti per 4 persone:
Per il panettone tostato:
– Un panettone da 750g, senza canditi
– Burro q.b.
Per la gelatina di agrumi
– Una arancia
– Un pompelmo
– Un limone
– 100g zucchero di canna
– 20g Gelatina 180 bloom
Per il gelato ai pinoli e finocchietto
– 500g di panna fresca
– 200g di tuorlo d’uovo
– 100g di zucchero
– 100g di pinoli
– 15g (4 rametti) di finocchietto selvatico
– 20g di rhum scuro
Per la finitura:
– Qualche ciuffo di finocchietto selvatico
– Qualche pinolo tostato
Preparazione
Per il panettone tostato:
Preparare il panettone parando lo strato più esterno e riducendolo a parallelepipedi di circa 10 x 2 x 2 cm.
In una padella lionese fondere una noce abbondante di burro, e quando inzia a spumeggiare, inserire il panettone, 3 pezzi per ogni porzione, rosolandolo su tutte e quattro le facce, fino a doratura, per circa 30
secondi per faccia.
Togliere dalla padella e riporre su carta assorbente in caldo.
Per  la gelatina di agrumi:
Pulire gli agrumi, rimuovendo accuratamente la buccia e l’albedo, quindi recuperare la polpa tagliando i singoli spicchi e scartando le pellicine (taglio suprême).
Pressare tutti gli scarti ad eccezione delle bucce, per recuperare i succhi, il peso totale di polpa e succhi dovrebbe essere di 300g circa. Inserire polpa e succhi in un pentolino, con 100g di zucchero di canna, e porlo su un fuoco dolce.
A parte, idratare la gelatina in acqua, quindi incorporarla nel composto di agrumi curando che non si formino grumi. Non appena giunto a bollore, togliere dal fuoco e versare in una placca o piatto a bordi alti in uno strato spesso circa 1,5cm, porre in frigo a riposare per qualche ora, fino a che non sarà correttamente solidificato.
Per il gelato ai pinoli e finocchietto
Tostare i pinoli in forno a 180°C per 8 minuti, raffreddare, quindi inserire i pinoli in un frullatore riservandone qualcuno intero per la finitura del piatto, aggiungere lo zucchero e frullare fino ad ottenere una pasta fine ed uniforme. Incorporare i tuorli al composto di zucchero e pinoli in una boule, lavorando con la frusta fino a che i tuorli non saranno omogenei e schiariti.
A parte, mondare e tritare finemente il finocchietto, inserirlo insieme alla panna in un pentolino, e quindi procedere come per una classica crema inglese, portando la panna a bollore, versandola sui tuorli in due mandate, e quindi cuocendo il composto a 82°C (fino a che non vela la spatola). Incorporare il rhum, procedere quindi con l’attrezzatura preferita per mantecare il gelato.
Finitura del piatto:
Disporre il panettone tostato, caldo, nel piatto, quindi la gelatina di agrumi precedentemente rimossa dallo stampo e tagliata a cubettoni, ed una quenelle di gelato.
Decorare con qualche pinolo tostato e ciuffetti di finocchietto.
Ideale servirlo accompagnato da un Vino Bianco da un pregiato passito di uve vermentino prodotto in edizione speciale da La Bettigna Doze di Luni

Any “Xmas Panettone cake ” left over ?
Curious about Chef Besana’s recipe?Here you go1

TRA PANETTONE E PANDOLCE

Chef Andrea M Besana  started with a traditional panettone with raisins only, and took inspiration from the traditional Ligurian pandolce, revisiting it and playing with the consistencies of the other ingredients: candied orange, pine nuts and fennel. This festive dessert is called “between panettone and pandolce”,
It wants to celebrate Christmas … even the next day
Ingredients for 4 people:
For the toasted panettone: – A 750g panettone, without candied fruit – Butter to taste For the citrus jelly – An orange – A grapefruit – A lemon – 100g brown sugar – 20g Gelatin 180 bloom For the pine nut and fennel ice cream – 500g of fresh cream – 200g of egg yolk – 100g of sugar – 100g of pine nuts – 15g (4 sprigs) of wild fennel – 20g of dark rum For the finishing: – A few sprigs of wild fennel – A few toasted pine nuts Preparation
For the toasted panettone:
Prepare the panettone by parsing the outermost layer and reducing it into parallelepipeds of about 10 x 2 x 2 cm. In a Lyonnaise pan, melt a generous knob of butter, and when it starts to froth, insert the panettone, 3 pieces for each portion, browning it on all four sides, until golden brown, for about 30 seconds per face. Remove from the pan and place on absorbent paper in the heat.

For the citrus jelly:
Clean the citrus fruits, carefully removing the peel and the albedo, then recover the pulp by cutting the individual segments and discarding the skins (suprême cut). Press all the waste except the skins, to recover the juices, the total weight of pulp and juices should be about 300g.
Put the pulp and juices in a saucepan with 100g of brown sugar and place it on a low flame. Separately, hydrate the gelatin in water, then incorporate it into the citrus fruit mixture, making sure that no lumps form. As soon as it comes to a boil, remove from heat and pour into a plate or dish with high sides in a layer about 1.5cm thick, put in the fridge to rest for a few hours, until it is properly solidified.
For the pine nut and fennel ice cream
Toast the pine nuts in the oven at 180 ° C for 8 minutes, cool, then put the pine nuts in a blender, reserving a few whole for the finish of the dish, add the sugar and blend until you get a fine and uniform paste. Incorporate the egg yolks to the sugar and pine nut mixture in a bowl, working with the whisk until the yolks are homogeneous and lightened. Separately, peel and finely chop the fennel, place it together with the cream in a saucepan, and then proceed as for a classic English cream, bringing the cream to a boil, pouring it over the egg yolks in two batches, and then cooking the mixture at 82 ° C (until it veils the spatula). Incorporate the rum, then proceed with the preferred equipment for whipping the ice cream.
Plate finishing:
Arrange the hot toasted panettone on the plate, then the citrus jelly previously removed from the mold and cut into cubes, and an ice cream quenelle. Decorate with a few toasted pine nuts and sprigs of fennel. Ideal to serve accompanied by a limited edition passito La Bettigna Doze di Luni

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PANETTONE CAKE WITH A FRUITY TWIST FROM ABRUZZO

There are several legends about the birth of the Milanese panettone.
The most common dates back to the 1476. It tells of Ugo, a young falconer
who worked for Ludovico il Moro, the Duke of Milan.
The boy was secretly in love with Adalgisa, daughter of Toni, the most popular baker in Milan. To spend more time with her, Ugo managed to become a pastry cook apprentice. Christmas was coming, and Ugo wanted to give a twist to the usual bread.He sweetened up the dough, adding sugar, butter, eggs, raisins and chopped candied fruits, then he cooked and shaped it like a giant muffin.The novelty instantly became the talk of the town. Everybody wanted the new Toni’s bread (pan de Toni) soon named panettone.


There’s another side to the story. The Peduzzi Family (with Gaetano Sergiacomo, founder of Rustichella d’Abruzzo in 1924 and grandfather of the current Owners Maria Stefania e Gianluigi Peduzzi) moved from Valle d’Intelvi (Como) to Chieti (Abruzzo) in 1800, bringing with them all the Lombard culinary influences and starting the generation of high quality Food & Wine.
Here comes the artisanal production of this panettone labelled Rustichella D’Abruzzo from natural sourdough starter yeast, a mixture of flour and water. Each day throughout the entire year (including holidays), 10 kg of dough known as the Starter is prepared. It is composed exclusively of flour, water and 1 kg from the previous days Starter.
Aside from the classic taste, Rustichella d’Abruzzo proposes other real proper pleasures for your palate: the typical Black Cherry Panettone, for those who don’t like raisin and candied fruits (but don’t want to renounce to the tastiness of the typical Christmas sweet),

 

Another taste for the Figs and Chocolate Panettone, candied fruits and raisins free, made of irresistible dark chocolate drops and dry dotted figs from Cosenza. A tasty voyage discovering of Bella Italia from north to south, from the knowledge of the Pastry Master to the generosity of the sun that kisses the most desirable fruits of Italy.


INFO
https://www.rustichella.it/?lang=en

LOISON XMAS PANETTONE GETS A FRUITY ZEST

THE LEGEND OF THE MILANESE PANETTONE

There are several legends about the birth of the milanese panettone.
The most common dates back to the 1476. It tells of Ugo, a young falconer
who worked for Ludovico il Moro, the Duke of Milan.

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The boy was secretly in love with Adalgisa, daughter of Toni, the most popular baker in Milan. To spend more time with her, Ugo managed to become a pastry cook apprentice. Christmas was coming, and Ugo wanted to give a twist to the usual bread.He sweetened up the dough, adding sugar, butter, eggs, raisins and chopped candied fruits, then he cooked and shaped it like a giant muffin.

The novelty instantly became the talk of the town. Everybody wanted the new Toni’s bread (pan de Toni) soon named panettone.

The history goes on
After centuries, the panettone is still the delicious centerpiece at many festive tables,
In 1930, two well-known patisserie masters, Mr. Agostino Panigada and Mr. Giovanni Cova came together to create their first workshop in Viale Nurzia in Milan. Here the real “Panetun di Milan” was born.
Traditional Panettone generously filled with  raisins and candied fruit peel (including a lot of squared oranges that I love) The “Milanese” pound (Libbra) is an ancient unit of measurement of Northern Italy – it corresponds to 1120 grams. Breramilano. have adopted this peculiarity to highlight the prestigious “Milano” line, where the combination between taste and art reaches the most impressive outcome. This line, called BreraMilano1930 (now widely distributed in the US)  is characterized by making use of a special paper, rough to the touch, that takes its stylistic inspiration from their original 1930s collections.  Breramilano produces superior quality confections particularly their Panettone and Pandoro which are known as the undoubted symbols of Milanese confectionary art all over the world. For this company, remembering and respecting the past means keeping alive the ancient confectionary art traditions, respecting old recipes and checking every single ingredient for quality. Their aim is to keep alive the flavors of the past as time goes by.
Finally, like in the old times, this panettone is rigorously hand
wrapped exactly like they use to do in the old Milan …Foto. Cesare Zucca

 

 

 

 

‘GRAND CHOCOLATE’ PANETTONE… IS COMING! Check for Brera Milano 1930

In on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of  extraordinary composer and good food lover  Gioachino Rossini,, the prestigious Milan pastry shop Giovanni Cova & C,  also distributed in the US under the label Brera Milano 1930,  pays homage to him, dedicating his panettone to his works. Renewed collaboration with Archivio Storico Ricordi also for next Christmas-2018.  The idea of ​​celebrating the 150th anniversary of the death of Maestro Gioachino Rossini stems from the meeting of Giovanni Cova & C., an icon of craftsmanship in the Milanese patisserie, and the Archivio Storico Ricordi, custodian of the works of the greatest Masters of Melodrama , and represents the opportunity to continue the cultural journey that unites music with Italian confectionery excellence. The Ricordi Historical Archive is the most important private music collection in the world. Here are preserved the immortal musical works of great artists who have left an indelible mark on the musical culture. The Archive, founded in 1808, is the historical memory of the musical publisher Ricordi, acquired in 1994 by the German multinational Bertelsmann, which has since guaranteed its conservation and cultural development. Its prestige lies in the variety of preserved documents, which offer a complete view of Italian culture, industry and society. Hosted at the Palazzo di Brera in Milan, the Archive collects scores, letters of composers, librettists and singers, sketches and sketches, booklets

vintage photos and Art Nouveau posters. A sweet tribute to the most famous Italian opera Composers, such as Donizetti, Respighi, Toscanini, the incomparable Paganini, or the great Rossini of which this year is the 150th from hid death ,
To enrich the Ricordi Line the 2018 cake will be dedicated Rossini with the Panettone GranCioccolato (Grand Chocolate) covered with lozenges of dark chocolate and chopped hazelnuts and enriched with thick drops of dark chocolate, greedy in the recipe and precious in the wrap wanted for the occasion with the reproduction of the autograph score of the work L’Italiana in Algiers of Maestro Gioachino Rossini honored in his 150th anniversary also in the famous portrait of Vespasiano Bignami.
Panettone

Grand Chocolate
joins the range to offer to all the greedy of the magic ingredient an unparalleled combination capable of mixing the acidulous tones sourced from the yeast with the
moderate bitterness of a fondant 47% rounded in closing by the fragrant taste of butter. A cake devoted to a scrupulous selection and combination of first-class ingredients, from the first milk-processing centrifuge butter that arrives weekly from Northern Europe to strictly fresh eggs, from the flour mix selected in 80 years of mother yeast able to make the difference on a processing process of about 72 hours from the first delivery to the finished product. The hand wrapping gives an emotion capable of embellishing the Christmas table with an ode to the most extraordinary Italian musical culture, to be savored by capturing the aromas, for an experience of the five senses.

I tasted it, I loved it!

For more info
Panettone Grand Cioccolato
by Giovanni Cova & C
distributed in the US under the label Brera Milano 1930

Christmas panettone is served…with a twist

THE CAVIAR OF CHICORY
On the occasion of the upcoming holiday season Fraccaro Panettone al Radicchio Rosso di Treviso IGP. This cake is made with traditional recipes, sourdough, enriched with that delicious red chicory typical of the Treviso territory.  img_0814The ingredients are few and simple, but the balance of the manufacturing processes is complex and delicate. The typical bitter taste, is rendered less intense from seeds candied process that transforms this “winter flower” to a perfect cake to be combined with the soft dough. The careful selection of raw materials and of the Veneto region, the creation of flavors and forms, the experience of people who paste and firing, make this panettone really unique, as well as unusual.

PANETTONE GOES BIO
img_0714A healthy lifestyle starts with a wholesome diet. Fraccaro created  a completely organic patisserie line: Pasticceria Fraccaro BIO,
a line of products designed for anybody looking for quality, for those loves nature and do not want to give up the pleasure of patisserie.
The pursuit of quality is clearly shown in the selection of completely natural, organic and pesticide-free raw materials, the absence of coloring agents and preservatives and, finally, by the use of a special sourdough, which is employed in all the panettone BIO line

HAVE A DRINK!
All the goodness of this XMas cake combined with another outstanding product of the Veneto region, the “Grappa Riserva” di Villa de Varda, screen-shot-2016-12-10-at-19-48-25
produced by Mezzolombardo, the legendary company near in the province of Trento.
This blend of authentic, top quality products has given rise to a delicately spongy panettone with a creamy grappa filling with a warming, intriguing flavour.

LET’S TOAST!
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Finally a sparkling
new love stoy…
The most festive Fraccaro panettone meets his excellency “Prosecco d.o.c.g.”,
the celebrated wine of Valdobbiadene area. It is a fundamental ingredient
both in the dough and the filling.
http://www.fraccarospumadoro.it/

 

 

a “drunky” panettone!

Meet Diana Zerilli, promoter, food events creator and wine connoisseur.d zerilli

Among his biggest hits, Eatingfrienship & Wines, tasting of Tuscan wines of Mormoraia Bocale held in Hong Kong in 2014. Specialist in relations between the producers of Italian wine, olive oil and homemade pasta with foreing markets including New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai, London, among others.

As a writer, Diana published “I messaggi della buonanotte”, liro
a book about friendship and maternal love,
entirely made through a text messages collection.

 

Diana just released a new book out called “21 grammi” a collection of dishes that combine food to selected Tuscany wines. cover150x250

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For the Holidays, Diana created one of a kind Vernaccia Panettone, the traditional Christmas cake, enriched by a generous quantity of raisins that have been macerated in the S.Giminiano Mormoraia Vernaccia white wine, to enhance the cake fragrance.Panettone vernaccia 2

 

 

Available by order at zerillisommelier@Gmail.com
or at the five5Senses Store,
located inside the Barclays Teatro Nazionale in Milan.

 

DREAMING OF A… WILD STRAWBERRY CHRISTMAS

It’s Xmas time ! Here comes Bing Crosby singing the magic
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This year Massimo Grazioli, fanciful pastry Chef from Legnano Lombardy, made a twist to the lyrics of the most popular Xmas song and to the filling of most popular Italian Xmas cake, a delicious sweet bread called panettone.IMG_8257 
Grazioli’s panettone is amazingly tender, soft, juicy, fragrant and generously filled up with raspberries and …wild strawberries. fragolina di bosco
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Massimo Grazioli lab and store are located in Via Rossini 15, Legnano.
Check www.panificiograzioli.it
HAVE A WONDERFUL… WILD STRAWBERRY CHRISTMAS!