Name: Panforte recipe recipe by Nandita Shyam at BetterButter
Prep time: 90 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 130 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Mixed nuts (I used cashews, almonds and pistachios) - 3-1/2 cups, toasted and roughly chopped.; Figs-1/3 cup, roughly chopped; Dates- 1/3 cup, chopped; Raisins- 2/3 cup; Prunes- 10, chopped; Apricot- 1/3 cup; Mixed peel- 200gms; All purpose flour- 1-1/2 cups or 360gm; Cocoa powder 2tbsp; Cinnamon powder- 1tspn; Ginger powder- 1 tspn; Cloves- 3-4' powdered; Finely grated nutmeg- 1/4 tsp; Freshly ground black pepper powder- a pinch; Sugar- 1-1/4 cups, powdered; Honey-1/3 cup; Golden syrup- 1/3 cup; Icing sugar to dust (optional)

ABOUT Panforte recipe RECIPE

PAnforte is a traditional fruit cake that is packed with dried fruits, nuts, spices, honey sugar and in my case, golden syrup as well. There is flour, but only very little, as it is used to bind the other ingredients.

Ingredients Serving: 8

Mixed nuts (I used cashews, almonds and pistachios) - 3-1/2 cups, toasted and roughly chopped.
Figs-1/3 cup, roughly chopped
Dates- 1/3 cup, chopped
Raisins- 2/3 cup
Prunes- 10, chopped
Apricot- 1/3 cup
Mixed peel- 200gms
All purpose flour- 1-1/2 cups or 360gm
Cocoa powder 2tbsp
Cinnamon powder- 1tspn
Ginger powder- 1 tspn
Cloves- 3-4' powdered
Finely grated nutmeg- 1/4 tsp
Freshly ground black pepper powder- a pinch
Sugar- 1-1/4 cups, powdered
Honey-1/3 cup
Golden syrup- 1/3 cup
Icing sugar to dust (optional)

Instructions

Grease and line 9"baking with a baking sheet and set aside.
Combine the nuts, figs, dates, raisins, prunes, apricots, mixed peel, flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger powder, pepper powder and mix till well combined.
Combine the sugar, honey and golden syrup in a thick bottomed pan and cook over medium heat stirring occasionally. Until the sugar is dissolved.
Continue to boil the mixture for another ten minutes more till the mixture reaches the "soft ball stage"
Remove the sugar syrup from the heat and pour it over the fruit and nut mixture and mix well till all the ingredients are well combined. It will be sticky and gooey batter.
Scrape the batter to the prepared pan and using a spatula spread the batter evenly into the pan and bake in the preheated oven for 35-40min or till a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Allow the panforte to cool in the wire rack for 10min before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Cut the panforte into cubes and serve immediately or store in air tight containers. This sweet treat tastes best after several days as it matures with time.

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