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Pancotte (Dried Italian bread, dipped in milk, flavored with sugar, anisette, raisins, orange zest and rosemary)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Any time
Contributed by: Recipe, taken from "Libro di Cucina" Italian Wikibooks; text, Italian Wikipedia

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Ingredients

Pancotte (for 4 people)
1/2 kg (about 1 pound) of dried Italian bread

For softening bread
Milk

For flavoring
100 grams (about 3 1/2 ounces) of sugar
1/2 glass (3 ounces) of olive oil
1/2 glass (3 ounces) of anisette extact
raisins
zest of orange
rosemary
5 or 6 tablespoons of flour

Ingredienti (original Italian text)
per 4 persone
1/2 kg di pane raffermo
latte
100 gr di zucchero
1/2 bicchiere di olio d'oliva
1/2 bicchiere di mistre
uvetta sultanina
buccia d'arancia
rosmarino



Directions

Prepare the bread and soak it in milk.

Allow to cool and add 100 grams of sugar, olive oil and anise, raisins and sultanas, orange zest, diced rosemary leaves and flour.

Grease a mold with a little oil and put the mixture, previously mixed and sprinkle with granulated sugar.



Preparazione (Original Italian text)

Preparare il pane raffermo e bagnarlo con il latte. Lasciarlo raffreddare e aggiungervi 100 gr di zucchero, l'olio d'oliva e il mistre, dell'uvetta sultanina, della buccia d'arancia a dadini, degli aghi di rosmarino e la farina. Ungere uno stampo con poco olio e mettervi il composto, precedentemente amalgamato e cospargerlo con dello zucchero semolato.




Notes

Photo: Mary Melfi.

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