Panna cotta


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 21th 2011

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Stage 1 - 3 min.
Panna cotta
Put 1 sheet gelatin into a bowl of cold water.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Panna cotta
Meanwhile, pour 250 ml liquid cream, 50 ml whole milk and 35 g caster sugar into a pan.

Add 1 vanilla 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.
Panna cotta
After this time, pour cream through a strainer to remove all small bits of vanilla pods.

Stage 4 - 2 min.
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Add gelatin to cream (after draining and drying with a cloth) and stir with a whisk or a maryse.

Stage 5 - 10 min.
Panna cotta
Put cream bowl into cold water, stirring from time to time.

Stage 6
Panna cotta
When cream is cold, divide it between glasses, cover with plastic film and refridgerate overnight.

Stage 7
Panna cotta
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).
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by a plastic film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
923 Kcal or 3,864 Kj11 gr47 gr77 gr
46 %4 %4 %12 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
272 Kcal or 1,139 Kj3 gr14 gr23 gr
14 %1 %1 %3 %
Per person
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
231 Kcal or 967 Kj3 gr12 gr19 gr
12 %1 %1 %3 %
% 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).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 3.87 €
  • Per person : 0.97 €

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