La panna cotta It is a typical Italian dessert whose texture is somewhere between a jelly and a flan. The base of this dessert is made with cream, milk, sugar and gelling agent and it is usual to incorporate some aroma or fruit to these. This time I have opted for this last option.
Strawberry Panna cotta is a dessert that can be prepare in advance; so it is a great alternative for celebrations and parties. For the panna cotta to set, we will need it to rest in the fridge for a minimum of 4 hours when the size is individual, so rush is its worst enemy.
- 450 g. strawberries
- 120 ml. whole milk
- 1½ teaspoon of powdered neutral gelatin
- A pinch of salt
- 75 g. granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 350 ml. cream
- We clean and we mash the strawberries. Next, we pass them through a strainer to remove the seeds. We reserve
- We place the milk in a saucepan and sprinkle the gelatin on top. Let stand 10 minutes.
- Then we add the salt, sugar and reserved strawberry puree. We heat, constantly stirring, until the mixture reaches 58ºC.
- Without stopping to stir, we incorporate the vanilla and cream. We pass the mixture to a bowl immersed in ice water and stir until the mixture cools down to 10ºC.
- We distribute the mixture in 6 ramekins, We cover them with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hours.
- We unmold and We serve with sliced strawberries.