Pandoro Di Verona

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon pastry flour
• 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon lukewarm water
• 3/4 cup pastry flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1 1/3 cups pastry flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 egg
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons pastry flour
• 3/4 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
• granulated sugar (to sprinkle on greased pan)
• confectioners' sugar (to sprinkle over cooled cake)

Recipe

• 1 place 1 tablespoon flour, yeast and 1 tablespoon lukewarm water in a bowl, and mix together well.
• 2 cover and let stand in a warm place for 20 minutes.
• 3 in another bowl, place 3/4 cup flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 egg, 1 egg yolk and 1 tablespoon melted butter.
• 4 mix together a little, and add the yeast mixture.
• 5 work together well 5 minutes, cover bowl and let rise in warm place for 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
• 6 place 1 1/3 cups flour on pastry board, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons melted butter, 1 egg, 2 egg yolks, vanilla and salt and mix together a little.
• 7 add yeast dough and work well with hands (knead) for 10 minutes.
• 8 add 2 tablespoons flour and work well until dough does not stick to hands or board.
• 9 make a ball of the dough and let it rise in a warm place for 3 hours.
• 10 roll dough into a sheet 2 inches thick and dot with 3/4 cup cold butter which has been cut into little pieces.
• 11 fold dough over 3 times (like a business letter) and roll out as before.
• 12 let dough stand (rest) for 20 minutes.
• 13 fold dough over 3 times again, and roll flat and let stand 20 minutes.
• 14 repeat the procedure (folding, rolling and resting) one more time.
• 15 grease a 2-quart cake form (pan) and sprinkle with a little granulated sugar.
• 16 place dough in form and let rise until dough reaches top edge of form (about 1 hour).
• 17 bake in a 400°f oven for 15 minutes, lower heat to 350°f and bake 30 minutes longer, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 18 turn cake over on a rack and cool.
• 19 sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.
• 20 note: pandoro forms/molds hold 2 quarts by volume, and are roughly 10 inches wide (across the top), about 4 inches wide (across the bottom) and usually 5 to 6 inches deep.
• 21 here is a picture of one: [img]http://www.fantes.com/images/21425-1pandoro_small.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.fantes.com/images/21425-3pandoro_small.jpg[/img].