Christmas time is Panetone or Pandoro time, well mostly in Italy. But for a long time in November our Supermarkets atarting selling them too.
This one is from an Italian/Spanish big supermarket. They had mountains of different types and brands stocked through a lot of space.
I wandered between the isles to look for something special and found this one. The lovely package caught my eyes first. No bright colorful boxes, but an understated paper wrapped box with a bow and a coin on it.
The coin is called Osella, the seal of an authentic gift. That was an ancient coin the Doge of Venice gave to the Council as a symbol of good fortune. It is used today as a reminder what the City of Venice stands for.
Three different kinds were sold. The traditional, the one with mandarines and one with amarena cherries. Since I like it more citrussy and amarena cherries are too sweet, that one was the one I choose.
The spices that are used go back to Marco Polo. He left from Venice to Asia 1271 in search of exotic spices.
The sweet Foccacia has lots of spices, soft candied mandarines and almonds. It is a fluffy and very rich dough.
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