It’s the most wonderful time of the year…for fans of this quintessential Italian bread, which only makes an appearance every December. To celebrate the festive season, here is a guide on where to buy panettone in Singapore this Christmas 2024.
Panettone is an Italian sweet bread typically consumed around Christmas and New Year. To achieve its tall, round shape and signature dome, the dough has to be leavened for hours – sometimes days – using a technique similar to making sourdough bread. This also gives the bread a soft, fluffy texture. As the bread is stretched and folded, ingredients such as candied citrus fruits, chocolate, and raisins are added. Other bakeries also top it with powdered sugar or a glaze after baking.
Italian restaurants in Singapore are your best bet on where to buy panettone here. Fico has partnered with a family-run bakery in northeast Italy that has been making it since 1882. Da Paolo Gastronomia’s version is fermented for over three days and comes in various flavours. From Acqua e Farina, a panettone that is proofed for 72 hours following a recipe that dates back to the 1900s.
Local bakeries are also muscling in with their versions of panettone. Ami Patisserie throws in raisins soaked in liqueur and Sicilian pistachios. Carlton Hotel fills the bread with hazelnut and brandied cherries. Both Alice Boulangerie and Burnt Ends Bakery adhere closely to panettone’s traditional template, while The Fullerton Hotel makes it local with a pandan kaya panettone. Check them out below.
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Where to buy panettone in Singapore this Christmas 2024
Acqua e Farina
Acqua e Farina gets its panettone from an Italian family business that has specialised in it since the 1900s. The dough is left to rise for 72 hours, made in small batches with natural yeast and butter, and filled with candied fruits and raisins.
SGD 56+/HKD 323+ (1kg)
December 4, 2024 – January 1, 2025
(Image credit: Acqua e Farina)
Ami Patisserie
To make his panettone, chef Makoto Arami uses ingredients like Japanese organic eggs and hangs the bread upside down after baking to preserve its dome and fluffy texture. His original panettone has dried raisins, oranges, and lemons steeped in Grand Marnier and Cointreau for weeks before baking, while the pistachio panettone incorporates Sicilian pistachio powder and paste with a pistachio ganache centre.
From SGD 72/HKD 415 (600g)
November 20 – December 21, 2024
(Image credit: Ami Patisserie)
Alice Boulangerie
Alice Boulangerie’s Christmas panettone is leavened for at least six to eight hours with fresh Italian yeast, resulting in an airy, fluffy crumb. It contains white chocolate, candied lemon, orange peel, and black raisins and a flourish of icing sugar on its dome.
SGD 60+/HKD 346+ (500g)
November 4 – December 31, 2024
(Image credit: Alice Boulangerie)
Burnt Ends Bakery
For all its rock and roll edge, Burnt Ends does the classics absurdly well. Likewise for its bakery’s Christmas 2024 offerings, which include minced pies, fruit cakes, gingerbread men, and of course, panettone. The sweet bread comes dotted with candied citrus fruits and almonds.
SGD 78/HKD 450
December 19-24, 2024
(Image credit: Burnt Ends)
Carlton Hotel
Besides the traditional panettone, Carlton Hotel has a hazelnut chocolate version studded with crunchy hazelnuts and brandied cherries. Both flavours are available individually and the traditional panettone is included in the Yuletide Bakery Collection (SGD 138).
SGD 38/HKD 219 each (500g)
December 1-25, 2024
(Image credit: Carlton Hotel Singapore)
Da Paolo Gastronomia
Every panettone from Da Paolo Gastronomia is made in Italy and leavened for 36 hours to give it a soft and fluffy crumb. Flavours for Christmas 2024 include ciliegie e more with Italian Marostica PGI cherries and blackberries, pistachio with pistachio cream, white chocolate, and chopped Sicilian pistachios, and cioccolato with dark chocolate chips. There is also the mini classico with candied orange and raisins.
SGD 75/HKD 432.50 each (750g)
November 1 – December 31, 2024
(Image credit: Da Paolo Gastronomia)
Fico
This Christmas, Fico teamed up with Olivieri 1882, an award-winning, family-run bakery from Arzignano, Italy, on the panettone festivo. Weighing in at a hefty one kilogram, the sweet bread comes filled with roasted chestnuts, gianduja, and bergamot. Email to order or enjoy a slice from Fico’s dessert cart when you dine in.
SGD 98+/HKD 565+ (1kg)
From November 5, 2024
(Image credit: Fico)
The Fullerton Hotel
Panettone takes on a local spin at The Fullerton Hotel. For the season, they have a pandan kaya flavour filled with house-made kaya spread and swirls of gula melaka, and topped with toasted coconut. The hotel also has the traditional panettone and a Nutella hazelnut version finished with Valrhona Manjari 64 percent dark chocolate and hazelnuts. Single servings are available.
From SGD 68/HKD 392 each (900g)
November 18 – December 27, 2024
(Image credit: The Fullerton Hotel)
This story first appeared here.
(Featured image credit: Fico)
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The information in this article is accurate as of the date of publication.
