‖ panforte, n.
(panˈforte; anglicized panˈfɔːti)
[It., lit. ‘heavy bread’, f. pane bread + forte strong, heavy, solid.]
A rich Sienese confection, containing nuts, candied peel, honey, and spices, baked hard to form a round flat cake.
| 1865 Dublin Internat. Exhib. Kingdom of Italy Official Catal. (ed. 2) 26/2 Panforte sweetmeat. Price, 3s.4d... This house [h]as been established for half a century; the exhibitor states that he makes 18 tons of panforte annually. 1885 W. D. Howells in Cent. Mag. Aug. 539/1 The panforte of Siena fears no competition or comparison, either for the exquisiteness of its flavor or for the beauty of its artistic confection. 1954 E. David Italian Food 263 The famous panforte of Siena, rich and spicy and oddly reminiscent of plum pudding. 1962 A. Glasfurd Siena 19 Visitors fortunate to have teeth..will enjoy panforte, a glorious dense sugary slab of nuts and candied peel that has been the pride of confectioners here since the thirteenth century. 1985 J. Fraser In Place of Reason xviii. 178 A cake of panforte the size of a cartwheel arrived. |