Orange paste for panettone: how to make it and what you need to know...

Alice Buda · 2026-03-19T08:26:01Z

What exactly is orange paste? What is it? How is it made? What effect does it have on panettone or colomba dough? Is it necessary? What alternatives are there? Orange paste is a characteristic ingredient of panettone dough. It should be noted right away: it is not required by the regulations (MIPAAF Decree, 2005), so strictly speaking, it is not mandatory to call the product "panettone" or "colomba." That said, it is always present in the traditional recipe: and there is a specific reason, or rather, more than one. What is orange paste? Orange paste is a semi-solid paste made from candied orange peel and sucrose. Commercially, it is often enriched…

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