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Panna cotta | Vanilla Panna Cotta Recipe (with Agar Agar & Gelatin)

Best Ever Panna Cotta, a popular Italian dessert which is made with milk, cream, sugar, gelatin or agar agar and vanilla extract. Delicious soft set jelly like panna cotta is made using just few ingredients which taste absolutely divine like my caramel custard. Serve soft set panna cotta with chocolate sauce or any fruit compote for a show stopping dessert. In this blog post, I have shared the best vanilla panna cotta recipe made with agar agar and gelatin (two method) with step by step pictures and video. 
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Setting time: 6 hours
Total Time: 6 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 265kcal

Equipment

  • Sauce Pan
  • Pudding Moulds
  • Whisk & Spatula
  • Blender

Ingredients

Panna cotta with Agar Agar (Vegetarian Panna cotta)

  • 1 cup Cream
  • 1 cup Milk
  • ½ tsp Agar Agar Powder
  • 3 tbsp Sugar
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Paste

Panna cotta with Gelatin

  • 1 cup

    Milk


  • ½ cup Cream
  • 1 tsp Gelatin
  • cup Sugar
  • 2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 3 tbsp Water

Strawberry Sauce

  • 1 cup Strawberry
  • 3 tbsp Icing Sugar
  • 2 tsp Lemon Juice

Instructions

How to Make Panna cotta with Agar Agar (Vegetarian Panna cotta)

  • Take cream, milk, sugar, agar agar powder in a sauce pan and use a whisk to mix it completely. Now place this on heat and cook the lowest heat possible. Cook on low for at least 10 minutes till the mixture gets hot. Keep whisking constantly to prevent burn. You will see steam coming from top of the milk mix, Once you see small bubbles forming around the sides, take it off the heat and add in vanilla and mix well. Pour this into individual bowls and cover it with a plastic wrap. refrigerate it overnight.
  • The next day make the strawberry sauce. Take strawberry, icing sugar and lemon juice in a blender and puree till smooth. You can add some water if needed. Strawberry sauce is ready.
  • When serving, ease the sides of the pudding, or just dip the pudding bowl into hot water just for 5 seconds Invert the pudding into plate and serve with a nice drizzle of strawberry sauce.

Panna cotta with Gelatin

  • Take water in a small bowl, sprinkle gelatin over the water and let it sit for 10 minutes for the gelatin to bloom.
  • Now take milk in a sauce pan, sprinkle sugar on top. Bring it to a simmer. Don't let it boil. Now take if of the heat and add in the soaked gelatin and mix till combined. Now add in cream and vanilla bean paste and mix well.
  • Pour it into small mould and place it in fridge overnight To unmould, gently release the sides of the panna cotta using a butter knife or Dip it in warm water for just 5 seconds. Un mould it carefully in serving plate. Serve with berry compote and caramelized nuts.

Video

Notes

Quality - Panna cotta is also known as milk dessert. So try to use the best quality cream and milk you can afford. Higher the fat, creamy the dessert will be.
Cooking Temperature - Your milk-cream mixture should reach the proper temperature, which didn’t activate the agar agar powder for setting. You have to heat the mixture till you see steam coming from the top of the mixture. It will take around 10 minutes on the lowest heat. Also make sure you keep mixing them so it doesn’t burn at the bottom.
You should never boil the panna cotta mixture. You have to cook the mix on the lowest heat possible.
Quantity of Setting Agent is Important - Too much gelatin or agar agar can ruin the panna cotta. If you have added too much setting agent then the panna cotta will turn firm and dense. Use the mentioned amount of setting agent which will results in perfect set.
Adjust Sweetness - Depending on what you are planning to serve your panna cotta with, you can adjust the sweetness. Add more or less sugar as needed.
Serving Suggestions
Serve with any homemade dessert sauces.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 265kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 37mg | Potassium: 165mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 757IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 108mg | Iron: 0.1mg
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