Excellent white chocolate pistachio mousse, but the pistachio flavor is light.
A staple on Italian tables, panettone is now one of the main symbols of Christmas. Among the endless variations, the delicious pistachio panettone is a must, but navigating through the numerous artisanal and supermarket options is not easy at all.
Among the many offerings coming from the city of pistachio is the artisanal panettone produced by "Bar il Tartufo", in Bronte, which you surely know for the phenomenal pistachio arancino that we talk about very often and with great pleasure.
The packaging is very basic, but with an artisanal touch, consisting of a cloth bag tied with a bow, also equipped with convenient handles for carrying.
The panettone looks beautiful, thanks to the abundant white chocolate pistachio coating and the numerous pieces of coarsely chopped pistachio embedded in it. The coating is truly excellent, thanks to great white chocolate, but above all to the use of high-quality, tasty, and crunchy Bronte pistachio DOP. It is thick, flavorful, and crunchy just right.
The dough is quite soft, although a bit dense, a sign of a leavening process that was not perfectly successful. The taste is excellent nonetheless, with a perfect balance of sugar and all other flavors, managing to combine taste and simplicity perfectly. Furthermore, in the middle of the dough, you can see specks of pistachio mixed in.
The pistachio cream (or pistachio mousse, as they prefer to call it at Bar Tartufo) is truly very abundant inside the panettone, as well as delicious, thanks to the use of top-quality white chocolate. Unfortunately, the pistachio flavor is very delicate.
The overall flavor is excellent, with a perfect balance of flavors, resulting in a delicious and absolutely enjoyable dessert. However, the rating cannot go beyond 7/10, as the pistachio flavor remains only in the background, provided in small part by the mousse inside, but found in some bites thanks to the excellent pistachios in the coating.
We remind you that you can purchase it in Bronte at their bar. While you are there, try the arancino!
