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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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 20 min.
Cooking: 5 min.
All in all: 25 min.
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Stage 1 - 3 min.
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Put 4 sheets gelatin into a bowl of cold water.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Panna cotta
Meanwhile, pour 1 litre liquid cream, 200 ml whole milk and 140 g caster sugar into a pan.

Add 4 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.
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.
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Put cream bowl into cold water, stirring from time to time.

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

Stage 7
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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
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe30 10 %180 20 %300 50 %3,560 180 %14,910 180 %
Per 100 g2 1 %20 1 %30 4 %310 20 %1,290 20 %
Per person2 1 %10 1 %20 3 %220 10 %930 10 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 16 people : 15.27 €
  • Per person : 0.95 €

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