Do you have both pandoro and panettone left over? Recycle them like this, my family goes crazy for these 4 recipes

How many pandoros and panettones did you receive or buy during these holidays? Did you manage to consume them all? If you still have leftovers after opening, don’t worry, we give you some simple and delicious anti-waste recipes that have these two typical Christmas desserts as their main ingredient.

Recipes with leftover panettone or pandoro

Pandoro truffles

This is a delicious idea that we can make together with the children, it will seem like a completely new dessert!

Ingredients:

Preparation:

1. Crumble the pandoro into a bowl and keep it aside.
2. Melt 50 g of chocolate in a bain-marie together with the vegetable drink
3. Pour the newly made mixture into the pandoro bowl, adding half the chopped pistachios and mix all the ingredients until you obtain a smooth mixture.
4. In the meantime, always melt the rest of the chocolate in a bain-marie.
5. Using the pandoro dough, form balls with your hands.
6. Dip the balls in the melted chocolate, covering them completely, and place them gradually on a flat surface covered with baking paper.
7. Decorate the truffles by sprinkling them with the remaining chopped pistachios.
8. Let the chocolate solidify completely before serving.

Pudding with leftover panettone or pandoro

Even those who don’t have much experience with desserts will be at ease with this easy and tasty recipe with which you can use leftover panettone or pandoro.

Ingredients:

Preparation:

1. Cut the panettone or pandoro into small pieces and keep them aside.
2. Heat the milk over a low heat in a saucepan, add the sugar, grated orange zest and cinnamon stick until hot (not boiled), turn off the heat and remove the cinnamon stick from the milk.
3. In a bowl, place the pieces of panettone or pandoro and the milk so that they soak and soften.
4. Add the previously beaten eggs, orange juice and mix.
5. Transfer everything into a buttered mold.
6. Place the mold in a previously heated oven and cook the pudding at 180°C for about 30 minutes.
7. Check if it is cooked with a toothpick, if the toothpick is clean, remove it from the oven and let it cool to room temperature.

French toast with panettone or pandoro

Who has never eaten French toast? However, probably only a few have tasted it with panettone or pandoro! Here’s the recipe!

Ingredients:

Preparation:

1. Cut the panettone or pandoro into slices and keep it aside.
2. In a bowl, beat the eggs together with the milk, cinnamon and vanilla extract.
3. Grease the bottom of the pan if necessary and in the meantime soak a slice of panettone or pandoro in the liquid mixture.
4. Place the slice of panettone or pandoro in the pan and let all sides brown over medium heat. Repeat the same operation with all the slices.
5. You can serve with the filling and fruit of your choice.

Panettone tiramisu in a jar

Here is the recipe for a slightly revisited classic dessert: instead of ladyfingers we will use panettone.

Ingredients:

Preparation:

1. Cut the panettone into slices approximately 2 cm thick, cut them according to the size of the jars and keep them aside.
2. Place the egg yolks in a large bowl together with the sugar and whip them with a whisk for ten minutes.
3. Add the mascarpone and work with the whisk again for a very short time to mix everything together (it is recommended not to work the mascarpone for a long time with the whipped egg yolks otherwise it will go crazy)
4. soak a slice of panettone in coffee and place it on the bottom of the jar,
5. Add the freshly prepared cream
6. Continue layering soaked panettone and cream
7. Sprinkle the surface with cocoa
8. Place in the refrigerator for at least three/four hours before serving.

There are many small actions that we can take every day to reduce our impact on the earth, one of these is certainly to never waste food. With these recipes you now know how to “recycle” leftover panettone and pandoro.

Toasted panettone with honey and yogurt

Ingredients

Preparation

1. Cut the panettone into slices about 2 cm thick.
2. Toast the slices in a non-stick pan or in the toaster until golden and slightly crispy on the outside.
3. Place the toasted panettone on a plate.
4. Add the yogurt, distributing it over or next to the slices.
5. Pour in the honey slowly.
6. Complete, if you like, with fresh fruit and a sprinkling of grains or cereals.

Ideal for a balanced and quick breakfast, perfect for making up for leftover panettone without weighing it down.

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