Sounds very extravagant doesn’t it? A real Italian classic – a velvety smooth creamy dessert that melts in the mouth… Actually – there are no secrets – it’s really a rich set custard, and it can be made in minutes in a microwave oven.
This recipe serves 10 and cooks in minutes.
Each serving dish holds approximately 150 mls or ¼ pint of liquid. If you want, you can set this mixture in a loaf tin and serve it sliced.
Ingredients
- 1 x 600 ml tub double cream
- 100g caster sugar
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- 2 x 12g packs gelatine powder
- 500 ml almond milk
- 2 tsps almond essence
And for the coulis:
- 200g blueberries
- 200g raspberries
- 200g strawberries
- approximately 100g icing sugar – to taste
Cooking Instructions for 1100 watt oven
- Put the cream, sugar and vanilla extract into a large microwaveable bowl or jug. Heat for 3 – 4 minutes on HIGH power in an 1100 watt oven, until the cream just comes to the boil.
- Give the cream a stir, occasionally, during heating so that it heats through evenly.
- Carefully remove the bowl or jug from the oven, sprinkle the gelatine over the cream and gently, but thoroughly stir the gelatine into the cream, ensuring that it completely dissolves. If the gelatine doesn’t appear to be dissolving properly – return dish or jug to the microwave oven and heat through for 30 seconds on HIGH power, then stir again. The extra bit of heating will then ensure that the gelatine dissolves. Lastly, stir in the almond milk and almond essence.
- Very lightly grease the pudding basins with a little oil, pour the cream mixture into the basins and place in the fridge to set. This will take at least 4 hours – or overnight.
- While the Panna Cottas are setting, wash the fruit and place into a liquidiser or blender and whiz until the fruit is smooth. Pour the mixture through a sieve into a jug (there’s nothing worse than getting raspberry pips in your teeth!). Sweeten the coulis to taste with the icing sugar, though this should still be a little sharp, to give a good contrast in flavour as the Panna Cotta is already quite sweet .
- To serve: run a knife around the top edge of the Panna Cotta dishes, to loosen the custard then stand each in a small bowl of hot water for 30 seconds or so. Upturn on to a serving plate and serve with a little of the fruit coulis on the side.
1500 watt oven
Heat the cream for 2 minutes on full power, stirring well after 1 minute. If extra heating is required to dissolve the gelatine – then heat for 20 seconds on MEDIUM power (70% 935 watts).
1850 watt oven
Heat the cream for 1 – 2 minutes on full power, watching and stirring well each 30 seconds to ensure that it doesn’t boil over. If extra heating is required to dissolve the gelatine – then heat for 20 seconds on LOW power (50% 935 watts).
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