It came... From the kitchen cupboards! Part 3

So by the time we'd made veggie curry, we were well up for Kitchen Mad Science (what do you expect from me? I am Dr Dark, after all...), which led me to ponder our Goody Box full of snacks and sweets (noble-failure effort to limit the junk food in the house), and, specifically a small panettone (BB 6 years ago) living in it.

High time to get rid of it, but... now, of all times, it feels like a bad move to discard food. What can Kitchen Mad Science do with stalest-possible cake?

It can make quarantiramisú, that's what it can do! Well, specifically, I can -- the Curator has very strong opinions about tiramisú, and Kitchen Mad Science offends them. (Also, my Kitchen Mad Science lab notebook is terrible. Thank you for your patience.)

Kitchen Mad Science: the reagents

So, we start by slicing the panettone into strips. If I were doing this again, I'd cut the crust off.

This does not inspire confidence...

Separate 3 eggs: drop the yolks in a bowl and save the whites. Start beating them, with a mixer if you're feeling lazy or a whisk if you are feeling frisky or in need of exercise. Add 50 g of sugar, and continue beating the crap out of the mixture until it's pale yellow and noticeably bigger in volume.

I was feeling frisky.

Fold in 250g of dairy product -- for the richest possible product, use all mascarpone, but this is Kitchen Mad Science, damn it, and we have stuff to finish! If I had to guess, this was 150g mascarpone (I wanted to save some for something else), 50g cream cheese, and 50g Greek yogurt. If you are doing this, mix thoroughly. In fact, give it a thorough mix anyway, no matter what you use, to break up lumps. Then fold it into the egg-sugar mixture.

Make a double shot of espresso, or about 50mL of strong coffee using your favourite method (because we are hipsters, we have an Aeropress). Pour it into a bowl, let it cool, then add a generous glug of port. Have one for yourself.

Kitchen Mad Science is hard. Booze helps.

Dip the panettone strips into the port-coffee mixture, then lay them in an appropriate bowl or basin. Add half the egg-dairy mixture. Repeat. The results should look like this:

I think we squished those strips under. Yeah, I know.

Cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight, to get

Those blobs are why you need to mix well!

It was... not amazing, but not bad, and a lot better than eating the panettone itself! For someone stuck in the house with only stale cake and a powerful need for dessert... Go for it.

That's almost appetising!