Walnut Panforte
Description
Panforte (“strong bread”) is a dense nut, fruit & spice cake classically served at Christmas time in Siena.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups California walnuts
- 1/2 cup yellow raisins
- 1/2 cup currants
- 1/2 cup chopped dried figs
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- Zest of one lemon
- Zest of one orange
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- A pinch of white pepper
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
PREPARATION
- Heat the oven to 300ºF. Prepare a spring form pan with nonstick spray and line with parchment, and then spray the parchment.
- Coarsely chop the walnuts.
- In a bowl, mix the walnuts with the raisins, currants, figs, flour, orange and lemon zest, and spices.
- In a small saucepan on medium heat, heat the sugar, honey, and butter stirring constantly, until it reaches between 242ºF and 248ºF on a candy thermometer (soft ball stage). Immediately pour into the walnut mixture and stir together quickly. Then pour it into the prepared pan and smooth it with a spatula. It hardens quickly, so work fast.
- Bake about 30 to 40 minutes, until set.
- Once cool, remove from the pan, peel off parchment and cut into 16 pieces.
NUTRITION
- Calories: 230 cal
- Total Fat: 9 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 4 mg
- Sodium: 3 mg
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g