Gluten Free Panettone (with gluten option)

“This is a “quick” panettone recipe that doesn’t take several days to make, like traditional recipes. It is both vegan and gluten free but I have included the gluten option too. This is a wonderful Christmas recipe full of tart and sweet fruit.”

Prep time - 30 minutes

Cook time - 40-50 minutes

Rest time - 2 hours

Difficulty - Medium

Serves / makes - 12

Ingredients

100g readymade citrus peel

100g sultanas

100g currants

Juice and zest of 1 orange

Juice and zest of 1 lemon

500ml plant milk

2t vanilla essence

15g / 4t dried active yeast

100g refined unflavoured coconut oil, melted

200g gram flour (or plain gluten flour)

100g rice flour (or plain gluten flour)

200g potato starch or tapioca flour (or plain gluten flour)

100g fine brown sugar

1t salt

30g psyllium husk (omit is using plain gluten flour)

Equipment

Zester or microplane

Small bowl

Saucepan

Whisk

Large bowl

Mixing spoon

Panettone pan - 13cm high x 16cm wide

Baking paper or panettone liner

Method

Put the peel and dried fruit in a bowl with the citrus zest and juice. Allow to sit in the juice for an hour then strain in a sieve.
Put the milk in a saucepan on a very low heat. The milk should be warmed just a little but it should not be too warm as it will kill the yeast.
In a large bowl mix the gram flour, rice flour, potato starch, sugar and salt.
Once the milk is warmed, add the vanilla essence and yeast and whisk in. Add the milk mixture and the melted oil to the large bowl and mix in well. Once incorporated, add the peel mixture, mix in, finally add the psyllium husk and mix in well.
Pour the dough into a lined panettone pan. Turn on your oven at the lowest setting, around 70c/160f. Keep the dough in the oven, for around 1 hour, until it has increased in size by around 30%. During this time, check on the oven temperature. If it gets too hot, turn it off for a while. You want enough heat to help the dough rise but not too much that will start cooking the dough. You can also raise the dough in a warm area of your house like an airing cupboard.
Once the dough has risen, turn the temperature to 180c/360f/GM4. Bake for 40-50 minutes until golden brown.