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Panna cotta

Panna cotta is an Italian dessert which means "cooked cream". It's a set vanilla cream, similar to blancmange, which is frequently served with other things like fruit coulis (fruit purée), caramel etc.. Here is the basic panna cotta recipe.

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

For 8 people, you will need:

1 500 ml liquid cream
2 100 ml whole milk
3 2 vanillas pod
4 70 g caster sugar
5 2 sheets gelatin
Total weight: 680 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
20 min.	5 min.	25 min.

Keeping:

1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by a plastic film

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Put 2 sheets gelatin into a bowl of cold water.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Meanwhile, pour 500 ml liquid cream, 100 ml whole milk and 70 g caster sugar into a pan.

Add 2 vanillas pod, mix well and bring to the boil over medium heat.

As soon as it boils, remove from heat, cover and leave to infuse for at least 30 minutes.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

After this time, pour cream through a strainer to remove all small bits of vanilla pods.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Add gelatin to cream (after draining and drying with a cloth) and stir with a whisk or a maryse.

Stage 5 - 10 min.

Put cream bowl into cold water, stirring from time to time.

Stage 6

When cream is cold, divide it between glasses, cover with plastic film and refridgerate overnight.

Stage 7

Next day, your panna cotta is set and ready to serve. You can eat it like this, but it's much better with something slightly acicidic like a fruit coulis (fruit purée).

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 6.99 €
Per person : 0.87 €

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Home made.

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	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Celeriac soup with mustard, Pistachio ice cream, Fresh mint ice-cream, Real custard sauce (crème anglaise), Pistachio confectioner's custard, ... All
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	Vanilla pod: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice pudding (riz au lait), Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse, Blackcurrant, vanilla and lime verrine , Fruit salad, Crème caramel, ... All

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