Limited quantity

3 units

 The knife sinks in, the crumb pulls away in a golden-yellow, light dough, dotted with small, irregular bubbles, and the scent of honey, vanilla, and candied orange fills the entire room: this is the Panettone Damerino Classico, the one you place at the center of the table and that no one wants to see finished.

Only 3 available. Delivery starting mid-October. We will contact you after your order to confirm. Order it before they are gone.

I cut a slice. It gives way under the knife with an almost indecent suppleness, and I can already smell the honey before even bringing it to my mouth. First bite: it’s moist, it melts, the crumb is light but full, the butter enveloping it in a tender roundness. Then the Calabrian orange arrives, with its slight tangy edge that wakes everything up—just enough so the sweetness of the honey never becomes heavy. The raisins appear by surprise, warm, sweet, melting. The vanilla remains in the background, discreet, like a kitchen memory you can’t quite name. And when I swallow, this sweet, buttery fragrance lingers for a long time, along with the obvious and immediate urge to have a second slice. I am at Christmas, somewhere in Italy, surrounded by those I love.

Imagine the morning of December 24th in an Italian kitchen. The windows are a little steamed up, the coffee is coming out of the moka pot, and on the table sits THE panettone, the one kept for the whole family. No one dares to cut it too early. We look at it, waiting for everyone to be there. Then the first slice falls onto the plate, and the house smells like Christmas.

This panettone is the Damerino Classico from Pasticceria Filippi, their most traditional offering. At Filippi, every step requires time and attention: one learns to slow down, to observe, because artisanal pastry is a matter of balance. Everything starts with a rigorous selection of raw materials: honey for its natural sweetness, raisins picked one by one, candied Calabrian orange peels for their tangy freshness, cold-centered butter for the tenderness of the crumb, and, as the only added flavor, Madagascar Bourbon vanilla powder. The leavening is natural, and it shows: those irregular air bubbles are the signature of a dough that has been allowed to take its time.

You don’t buy a 4 kg panettone just to "have a dessert." You buy it for a table full of people, for the slices passed around, for the next morning’s coffee when there is still a piece left, for that feeling of being, for the duration of a meal, at the heart of an Italian Christmas.

And when the snow piles up outside and the thermometer hits impossible numbers anywhere in Canada, all it takes is cutting that first slice for the kitchen to smell of candied orange and vanilla. The children come running, someone asks “is there any more?”, and the cold outside no longer matters.

 Why our customers love it

• A 4 kg panettone designed for sharing: Christmas dinner, family gatherings, receptions, or a gift that makes an impression
• A classic recipe: honey, raisins, and candied Calabrian orange
• A moist crumb thanks to cold-centered butter, with the irregular air bubbles of natural leavening
• Madagascar Bourbon vanilla powder as the only added fragrance
• Artisanal pastry from Pasticceria Filippi, where time is part of the recipe
• And above all: that moment when everyone goes silent, right after the first bite