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Pandoro, as much as the Panettone, is an Italian Holiday Tradition. Pandoro is originating in Verona, the city of Romeo and Juliet and gets his name from Pan d'Oro or Golden Bread. Either plain or with Ice cream , zabaglione or other sauces, the pandoro is part of the Italian Christmas table.

Pandoro is different from Panettone. It is rich, buttery sweet bread, tall and distinctive, resembling the shape of a Christmas tree. Sprinkle with lots of confectioners’ sugar just before serving, giving the appearance of fallen snow on a mountaintop. Unlike  Panettone , it never contains candied fruit, and for some this is a plus.

The name of this tall, distinctive cake shaped like a Christmas tree, literally means ‘golden bread’.  Pandoro is topped with powdered sugar reminiscent of snow, or a twinkling star. And indeed, if cut horizontally each slice of Pandoro is an eight-pointed star.

In the Middle Ages, white bread was food meant solely for the wealthy, while the common people could only afford to eat rye or barley bread and, often, not even that. Sweetened breads were reserved for nobility banquets. Breads enriched with eggs, butter and sugar were served in the most luxurious feasts and occasions, and were known as “royal bread” or “golden bread.”

  Pandoro, which is the conjunction of the Italian words pane and oro, for ‘bread’ and ‘gold,’ is served dusted with Vanilla confectioner’s sugar made to resemble the snowy peaks during Christmas. If any is leftover on Christmas morning after the previous nights celebrations, sliced Pandoro briefly heated in the oven, then dunked in steaming hot cappuccino, I assure, will make you weep more than Verona’s own Juliet bidding farewell to her Romeo.