Lightly heat the QimiQ Sauce Base together with the sugar. Add the yeast and allow to dissolve. Mix in the melted butter.

Place the flour and the salt into a mixing bowl and mix well. Add the QimiQ mixture and knead to a smooth dough. Cover and allow to rest in a warm place until the volume has clearly increased. (Tip: allow to rest in an oven at 50 °C.)

Knead the dough again and incorporate the pistachios, candied orange peel, orange zest and raisins. Form the dough into 8 balls and place into greased panettone moulds. Allow to rest again until doubled in volume.

Preheat the oven to 170 °C (convection oven).

Bake the panettone in the preheated oven for approx. 30 minutes.

Remove the panettone from the oven and brush with a mixture of egg yolk and water. Bake for a further 10-15 minutes until golden brown.

Allow to cool and remove from the moulds. Dust with icing sugar and serve.

Tip: Use brown sugar.