Panforte Margherita
Marabissi
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Description
Panforte is a typically and traditionally Christmas cake.
Marabissi Panforte is the result of the processing and baking of a dough based on quality raw materials: flour, candied fruit, almonds, sugar, honey and spices.
Ideal as a festive end to a meal, it pairs well with Vinsanto, Spumante, Aleatico, or Coffee. -
History
Panforte is a very ancient typical Sienese recipe, the first evidence dates back to the year 1000.
In the Middle Ages, the preparation was entrusted to the Guild of Doctors and Apothecaries of Siena and was intended exclusively for the nobles, the rich and the clergy in consideration of the fact that it contained, in addition to orange, citron and melon peels, almonds and spices which were very expensive for those times. Over time, Panpepato did not undergo substantial changes and the ingredients remained more or less the same until 1879, the year in which Queen Margherita visited the city of Siena.
For the occasion, an apothecary prepared a panforte without the melon dressing and with a covering of vanilla sugar instead of black pepper. The Sienese offered it to the queen as "Panforte Margherita", the name by which this more delicate "white" panforte is still known and marketed today.
In May 2013, Panforte di Siena obtained PGI certification.
The black variant differs in the presence of candied melon, the use of sugar instead of honey and the addition of pepper among the spices.
For three generations Marabissi has been synonymous with the passion for traditional Italian pastry art.
The history of Marabissi began more than sixty years ago with Tuscan 'cantucci' prepared according to an ancient recipe by Mrs. Jole. -
Ingredients
Candied fruit 33% (orange peel, cytron peel, glucose-fruictose syrup, sugar, concentrate lemon juice), almonds 30%, sugar, wheat flour, invert sugar syrup, honey, spices, wafer (potato starch, acqua, sunflower oil).
Icing sugar sachet: sugar, wheat starch, vanillin.
Mat contain eggs, soy, milk, walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios and mustard. -
SizesDiameter13 cmWidth3 cmHeight20 cm
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Nutrition declarationAverage quantity for100gENERGY1720kj410kcalFATof which saturates15g1.2gCARBOHYDRATEof which sugars65g50gFIBRE0gPROTEIN7.7gSALT0.08g