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Panna cotta recipe

Easy Panna Cotta Recipe

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Easy and quick Panna Cotta recipe, a classic Italian dessert made with cream, milk, and gelatin or agar-agar, served with a fruit coulis or caramel.
SERVING:10
PREPARATION15 minutes
COOKING TIME10 minutes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian
Author: Rachida

INGREDIENTS
 
 

For the Panna Cotta

  • 400 ml heavy cream
  • 400 ml whole milk
  • 4 sheets gelatin 8 g, 200 bloom
  • 80 g granulated sugar, more or less to taste
  • 2 packets vanilla sugar

For the Strawberry Coulis

  • I filled 3 glasses with salted caramel and crushed hazelnuts. If you want to fill all 10 small glasses with strawberry coulis only multiply the coulis recipe by 1.5.
  • 400 g strawberries or ready-made coulis
  • 50 g granulated sugar
  • sheets gelatin
  • A few strawberries for garnish
  • Salted butter caramel
  • A few hazelnuts chopped

PREPARATION

Prepare the panna cotta

  • For small quantities, it’s best to use a precision scale.
  • Soak the gelatin in a large bowl of very cold water for 10 minutes.
  • In a saucepan, combine the sugar, heavy cream, and vanilla, then heat gently while stirring. Once it’s hot and close to boiling, add the milk.
  • Remove from the heat as soon as it reaches a boil (when it starts to rise). Add the well-drained gelatin and stir until fully dissolved. Strain the mixture (optional) into a measuring jug, this will make filling the glasses easier.
  • Place small glasses at an angle inside the cavities of a muffin tin. Fill them right up to the tilted edge.
  • Let cool slightly before refrigerating to set. Chill for at least 4 hours. Ideally, prepare it in the morning for the evening, or the day before serving.
  • You can speed up the process by placing the panna cotta in the freezer, but keep a close eye on it to avoid freezing it.
  • Once set, prepare the toppings of your choice.

Prepare the strawberry coulis

  • Soak the gelatin in a large bowl of very cold water for 10 minutes.
  • Blend the strawberries and pour them into a saucepan. Add the sugar, stir, and heat gently until the sugar is fully dissolved.
  • To keep a bright red color in your strawberry coulis, you can heat only half of it with the sugar, then mix it with the remaining uncooked coulis.
  • Remove from the heat and add the drained gelatin. Stir well, then strain through a fine-mesh sieve. Let cool slightly before pouring over the panna cotta.
  • Rehydrate gelatin in a large volume of very cold water for 10 min.
  • Blend the strawberries and pour them into a saucepan. Add the sugar, mix, and heat to dissolve the sugar.
  • To keep the color of the strawberry coulis, you can heat only half the coulis with the sugar and then add it to the remaining coulis.
  • Remove from the heat and add the gelatine. Mix well and strain through a chinois. Let it cool slightly before pouring over the panna cotta.

For the salted butter caramel panna cotta

  • Cover the panna cotta with a dollop of salted butter caramel and add a few toasted, crushed hazelnuts.

For the blueberry and strawberry panna cotta

  • Fill the glasses halfway with the panna cotta mixture and let them set slightly in the freezer. Keep the remaining cream at room temperature.
  • Drizzle strawberry coulis over the set cream and add a few blueberries. Allow this layer to set, then pour in the remaining panna cotta. Place the glasses in the refrigerator until fully set.
  • Gently confit a few blueberries with a little sugar over very low heat. Let them cool slightly, then spoon over the top of the glasses.
  • Once you’ve tried this panna cotta recipe, you’ll never want to go back.