Panettone French Toast

Name: Panettone French Toast
Ingredients: 6 large eggs; 2 cups half-and-half; 1/2 teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; Finely grated zest of 1 orange; One 17 1/2 ounce loaf panettone; 3 tablespoon unsalted butter; Confectioners' sugar; Marinated Berries or Glazed Apples and Pears, recipes follow; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped out with a knife and reserved; Grated zest of 1/2 lemon; Grated zest of 1/2 orange; 1 cup water; 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1/2 pint raspberries; 1/2 pint blueberries, rinsed; 1/2 pint strawberries, rinsed, tops trimmed, halved or quartered, if large; 3 small Granny Smith apples or other tart baking apple (about 1 1/4 pounds); 3 Bosc pears (about 1 1/4 pounds); Juice of 1 lemon; 1/4 cup unsalted butter; 3 tablespoons sugar; Grated zest of 2 oranges, plus their juice; Two 3-inch-long cinnamon sticks; 2 tablespoons Calvados, Apple Jack, or brandy (optional)