Panna Cotta
- 2 cups heavy cream, minus 2 tablespoons to dissolve gelatin
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons gelatin (1/2 packet)
- 4-8 tablespoons fruit puree, sweetened fruit or chocolate sauce
- Heat cream with sugar, simmering for 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle gelatin over 2 tablespoons of cream.
- Remove simmered cream from heat and add gelatin mixture, stirring to dissolve.
- Pour 1/2 cup of this new mixture into four lightly-oiled metal molds and refrigerate for 4-6 hours.
- Dip mold in hot water and run a knife around the edge; unmold panna cotta onto individual serving dishes.
- Serve each with 1-2 tablespoons sauce, either fruit puree, sweetened fruit or chocolate sauce.
- (Osteria Giusti uses saba grape must cooked for 12 hours until thick not worth attempting without a source of wine-grape must.)
heavy cream, sugar, gelatin, fruit puree
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/panna-cotta-102439 (may not work)