Panettone Dressing Squares

Name: Panettone Dressing Squares
Yield: Makes 48 little squares
Ingredients: 4 echalion or banana shallots, or 2 onions (approx. 8 ounces total); 2 apples (approx. 8 ounces total); 14 ounces pancetta slices or rindless streaky bacon; 2 stalks celery; 4 large fresh sage leaves; 3 tablespoons garlic-flavored oil; 1 1/2 cups (approx. 7 ounces) vacuum-packed chestnuts; zest and juice 1 unwaxed lemon; 1 pound panettone (or pandoro), slightly stale, sliced; 2 eggs; olive oil, for greasing; aluminum foil pan or ovenproof dish approx. 9 x 13 inches

By Nigella Lawson

October 31, 2013

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Panettone Dressing SquaresPetrina Tinslay

I have written a recipe for panettone dressing before: the sweet seasonal fruit bread was cubed, toasted, and mixed with Italian sausage; this is very different, not least because I see it not as an accompaniment to turkey (which has its own interior stuffing) but to be served, at parties or over cocktails, in small squares, like savory brownies.

As ever, feel free to substitute the plainer pandoro if you wish, though I do think the rich fruitiness is part of this unconventional appetizer's charm.

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