Description
My own version of the Italian dessert favorite. ‘Panna Cotta’ literally means ‘cooked cream.’ I made it for my husband to take to a work function and they loved it! They send him home with a request for it every year now! I created the simple strawberry sauce to accompany it. It really makes the dish!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 1 (.25 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
- 1 ½ cups whipping cream
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 quart fresh strawberries, quartered
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup water
Instructions
- Pour the milk into a bowl; sprinkle the gelatin over the milk. Allow mixture to sit until the gelatin softens
- about 5 minutes.
- Combine the cream and 1/4 cup sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the gelatin mixture; cook and stir until gelatin dissolves completely
- about 3 minutes. Add the vanilla extract. Pour the mixture evenly into ramekins; cover and chill at least 4 hours.
- To make the strawberry sauce
- combine the strawberries
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup sugar
- and water in a saucepan over medium heat. While the mixture cooks
- crush the strawberries with a potato masher. Simmer the sauce until the sugar has dissolved and the sauce has thickened
- about 10 minutes; cool.
- Remove chilled ramekins from the refrigerator shortly before serving. Dip the bottoms of the cups in warm water to help loosen the custard. Run a thin-bladed knife around the inner edge of each ramekin to loosen the dessert; turn onto a dessert plate to unmold. Spoon strawberry sauce over panna cotta to serve.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 18 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 33 mins
Servings: 6