Sous Chef Amarena Cherry Panettone, 1kg

Sous Chef’s NEW signature panettone for 2024 is flavoured with Italian Amerena cherries. 

Last year we launched the Sous Chef Milano Classic to rave reviews (the Times called it “panettone of the year”!), and NEW for 2024 we’ve created a panettone with one of our favourite flavours.

Sharp-sweet dark Amarena cherries are studded throughout soft buttery dough. It’s a wonderful combination of texture and flavour.

The Sous Chef Amarena Cherry panettone is produced by a family of bakers in the north of Italy. Each panettone should be prized for its extraordinary heritage and flavour. 

Special mother yeast

The rich dough is made from their closely-guarded ‘mother’ yeast, the secret to the most flavoursome and lightest sourdough cake.

That ‘mother’ is a sourdough starter fed daily to ensure the freshest and lightest texture that gives the cakes their signature ‘tear’. 

Nicola, Sous Chef founder, says “I visited the bakery in summer, and was thrilled to see the panettone ‘mother yeast’ rising in its locked room - known as the 'treasure room'!

"Only very few people have access to that historic sourdough starter. In fact, a piece of the same ‘mother’ is kept off site for security - locked in a bank vault! Panettoni producers argue about which ‘mother’ produces the best flavour. This one is superb!”.

The finest ingredients

Each panettone is slowly leavened over three days. Only the finest ingredients are selected for the finished cake. The eggs are free range. The raisins are juicy, from tumbling them together with rich rum flavours. Jewel-like citrus fruits are brilliantly large and tender.

A stunning handwrapped gift

Finally, the panettone is hand-wrapped with our brand new 2024 design in thick, luxury paper. Tied with a satin ribbon and tag, it's ready to give to friends and family.

Ingredients: wheat flour, candied black cherry in syrup 23% (black cherries, sugar, wwater, glucose syrup, black cherry juice, colours: anthocyanins; acid: citric acid; flavourings), butter, pasteurized egg yolk, sugar, natural sourdough (wheat flour, water, emulsifiers: mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids; invert sugar syrup, salt, enzymes (contains wheat), natural flavourings (contains milk), malted wheat flour, natural vanilla extract from madagascar beans. 

Allergy advice: For allergens see ingredients listed in bold. May contain mustard, soy, almonds, hazelnuts, pistachio nuts.

Storage: Store in a cool dry place.

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