Vanilla Panna-cotta

Panna-cotta means “cooked cream” in Italian. The Vanilla Panna-cotta’s the most basic variant of this very simple Italian dessert, much loved across the globe and not surprisingly is one of my favourite desserts and I always keep trying different variations of it.

It consists of just 4 ingredients viz. milk cream, sugar, gelatin and vanilla or flavouring of your choice. You can then serve it with toppings of your choice. My all time favourite accompaniment to the vanilla pana-cotta is the blueberry compote. It goes well with any berry compote. You can also add a few crushed nuts for an additional texture.

Serve the Vanilla Panna-cotta in the mould or unmoulded. Choice is left to you. Try it out and you won’t be disappointed.

Vanilla Panna-cotta

Jason Alfred Castelino @ www.oneplateplease.com

A classic Italian dessert made of milk cream

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Setting Time 3 hours hrs

Total Time 3 hours hrs 15 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Italian

Servings 8 portions

Ingredients

  

• 3 Gelatin leaves
• ¼ cup Cold water
• 500 ml Heavy cream
• 75 gm Sugar
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract

Instructions

 

Making the Panna-cotta:

• Place the gelatin leaves in the cold water and let them bloom
• Meanwhile in a saucepan, mix together the cream and sugar and simmer. Do not let it boil
• Take it off the heat and add the vanilla extract
• Squeeze the excess water out from the bloomed gelatin sheets and add it to the cooked cream and whisk until the gelatin is completely dissolved
• Strain the liquid to remove traces of any undissolved gelatin
• Pour into moulds, leaving atleast ½cm at the top. Sit the moulds on the kitchen top until the mixture comes to room temperature
• Refrigerate for atleast 2-3 hours or until the panna-cotta is well set

Unmoulding the Panna-cotta:

• Take out the moulds from the refrigerator and using your fingers, gently pullback the panna-cotta away from the walls of the mould
• Place the moulds in warm water to loosen the panna-cotta
• Carefully invert the mould onto a serving plate and serve the panna-cotta with a topping of your choice

Notes

• Pannacotta is a mildly sweet dessert, complemented by the sweetness of the toppings
• Instead of using just heavy cream you can use a mix of heavy cream and milk

Keyword Dessert, Pannacotta

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