What is Panna Cotta?
Panna Cotta is a classic Italian dessert made with cream and sugar, set with gelatine. The cream can be infused with a variety of flavors like vanilla, chocolate or coffee.
Ingredients
This vanilla panna cotta recipe is a great recipe to make ahead and be store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days before serving. It’s a very simple recipe with simple ingredients. Using both cream and milk results in a silky smooth texture and a rich, but not overly so, dessert gently flavoured with sugar and vanilla. You can use a whole vanilla bean pod (split in half) , vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract.
Cream. Heavy cream/Whipping cream. Milk. I used full cream/whole milk. Buttermilk or yogurt can be used instead. Coconut milk is great if you’d prefer to keep this recipe dairy-free or vegan. Remember to substitute the gelatine with a vegan substitute like agar agar in that case. Sugar. Vanilla. I used vanilla paste but extract can also be used. Gelatine. Powder/leaves. Passion fruit, for serving. Raspberries, for serving. Strawberries can be used instead. Alternatively, serve with berry sauce.
How to make Panna Cotta
Can I make this ahead?
Panna Cotta is the perfect make-ahead dessert. It can be made up to 2 days in advance and kept covered in the fridge.
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