Panettone is an iconic Italian sweet bread that looks like a tall cake. Panettone is delicious year-round, but it is traditionally served at Christmas and New Year’s. Italian bakeries bake ...

Panettone can be served as a dessert, accompanied by sweet wine; it’s also delicious toasted and spread with butter, or used in place of bread in a bread and butter pudding.

The piece de resistance is the panettone, the cupola shaped sweet bread synonymous with Christmas in Italy ... point to Milan as its birthplace and no Italian will dare disagree.

Cut the panettone into thick slices. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of gently simmering water. Mix the melted chocolate into the chestnut purée, add Mascarpone and beat in well.