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How to prepare Panna Cotta the Italian Dessert?

  

What is panna cotta?

Panna cotta means cooked cream and is an Italian dessert. The origin of this dessert is unknown, but we only know that it is from the northern Italian region of Piedmont.

The panna cotta is one of the best desserts prepared not only in Italy but also abroad. It is most appreciated by people for the simplicity of its preparation, the particularly delicate taste, and the elegant way in which it can be served and seasoned thus it is a classic dessert for any occasion. Moreover, the panna cotta can be flavored in many ways and is, therefore, a dessert that is grateful to various common flavors are vanilla, chocolate, raspberries, and coffee you can have a look at the  Italian espresso panna cotta recipe. 

The preparation of panna cotta is really very simple, with a few good ingredients, you can easily cook together this dessert that no one can resist. 

Therefore, you need only to put yourself in the kitchen and take the Panna ingredients and begin to prepare this easy delicious dessert and impress your family or your guests.

In this blog, we present the ingredients and the steps on how to prepare this delicious dessert panna cotta in an easy way and with good results.

• Preparation: 15 min

• Cooking: 15 min

• Doses for: 4 pieces

• cooling: about 4 hours

Panna cotta recipe.

What are the ingredients for panna cotta?

• 500 g fresh liquid cream 

• 1 Vanilla bean 

• 80 g sugar 

• 8 g gelatin in sheets 

How to prepare the panna cotta?

1. To prepare the panna cotta, the first step is to soak the gelatin leaves in cold water for 15 minutes.

2. Remove the seeds from the vanilla pod with the tip of a knife.

3. Put the cream in a saucepan and pour in the sugar.

4. Flavor with the seeds, if you want put also the vanilla pod in the saucepan of the cream.

5. Heat everything over low heat and when the cream comes to a boil, turn off the heat and remove the pod.

6. When the gelatin is softened, drain it.

7. Add it to the saucepan with the hot cream.

8. Stir until the gelatin has dissolved completely; there must be no lumps. Then fill 4 molds with a capacity of 150 ml each with the help of a ladle

9. When you finish, put the panna cotta molds in the refrigerator for at least 5 hours. 

How to serve the dessert panna cotta?

Once the dessert panna cotta is firm, immerse the molds for a few moments in boiling water then turn out onto a serving plate. 

Decorate to taste before serving and here you can choose how to decorate according to your taste. 

As a suggestion, you can serve the dessert with whipped cream and berries, the raspberry sauce or coulis, or leave it as it is because it is delicious without any addition.

How to store the panna cotta?

Panna cotta can be kept in the refrigerator for a maximum of 4 days, well covered with cling film, or in an airtight container.

You can also freeze the panna cotta once it is firm and uncovered. To defrost it, take it out from the freezer one before and put it in the refrigerator.

Tips!

You can also use lemon zest instead of vanilla seeds.

We do it, we come to the end of the preparation of this delicious dessert and of sure the result is so awesome and our panna cotta has an amazing taste. so enjoy your dish with your family or guests 

 Good Appetite  😊.