How to make panna cotta
Panna cotta is a classic Italian dessert that is made with cream, milk, sugar, vanilla and gelatin. Top this easy recipe with fruit or sweet dessert sauces.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 0.5 oz unflavored gelatin ((2 envelopes of 7 grams each, or 0.25 oz per envelope))
- 2 cups milk ((0.5 + 1.5 cups))
- 4 cups heavy cream
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract ( or the seeds from one vanilla bean)
- Fresh berries (, or your choice of fresh fruit)
- Homemade strawberry sauce
- Dulce de leche
- Chocolate sauce
Instructions
- 1
Put ½ cup of milk (25% milk volume) in a small bowl and pour the gelatin over it to let it soften.
- 2
In a medium sized pot, heat the cream and the rest of milk (75% volume) with the sugar until the mix starts to boil.
- 3
Remove from the heat and add the vanilla.
- 4
Gently stir in the softened gelatin mix and stir well.
- 5
To make the panna cotta extra smooth you can pour the cream mix through a mesh strainer, this well help remove any clumps.
- 6
Pour the panna cotta mix into serving glasses or molds according to your preference.
- 7
Let the mix cool down and then refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving, overnight is ideal.
- 8
Serve directly in the glasses or remove from molds. Garnish with your choice of fresh fruit, fruit sauce, dulce de leche or caramel, chocolate or just serve alone.