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star-shaped Christmas bread

Considered the mother of pandoro, this dense sweet yeast bread, shaped like a many-pointed star dates back to the medieval Della Scala rulers of Verona. It's topped with sugar, and chopped hazelnuts or almonds or pine nuts.

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Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

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