This is my chocolate and orange version of panettone, which gives a wonderful chocolate hit that complements the buttery and light-as-air crumb that melts in your mouth effortlessly. Not to mention the enticing flavours of vanilla and almond….
This is one of my favourite panettone flavour combinations and is a variation on my main panettone recipe that can be found here. I love this version eaten with a cup of strong coffee or some Amaretto liqueur to dunk into: it takes me to a very happy place indeed!
It does take a couple of days to make BUT there is actually very little to do as most of the time is waiting while fermentation occurs!
As I mention in that earlier recipe, panettones should not be rushed: if you do, you will lose a lot of the fluffy texture as well as a key chunk of the flavour that comes not least from the slow activations of yeast.
The dough for this particular panettone contains cocoa powder, so you get a much darker panettone than normal, with chocolate pieces within. There is just enough orange zest to add a citrus kick but you can add more if you wish or even go for less.
If you want more of a mocha vibe – and why not?! – simply omit the orange zest and in the recipe for my fruit panettone, replace the 160ml warm water in the “main dough” part with warm freshly brewed coffee.
Recipe: chocolate & orange panettone
Follow the recipe for a fruit panettone here: the only change is with the ingredients for the final dough. These are:
Final dough
- 100g strong white flour
- 30g cocoa powder
- 30g caster sugar
- finely grated zest of 3 oranges
- 3 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 4 egg yolks
- 60g very soft unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 150g chocolate of choice, cut into small pieces
Phil's Home Kitchen 
Nice! I believe I will give it a whirl. I appreciate the weights and the clarity. For the initial yeast preparation, it appears to me that a 100% sourdough starter will take you to the same place, especially with the additions of sugar and flour – its definitely going to rise well.
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