Panna Cotta is one of my most favorite Italian desserts! Its light texture of sweet cream thickened with gelatin is out of this world. Mangoes make a delicious combination with the cream, however, you can substitute them with strawberries, raspberries or any fruit 0f your choosing. Follow the same process and you’ll end up with a dessert that you’ll earn lots of accolades for!
This recipe is courtesy of Whisk Affair website.
Ingredients:
For the Panna cotta
- Heavy cream – 500 ml
- Granulated sugar – 5 tbsp
- Vanilla extract – 1 tsp
- Gelatin powder – 2 tsp
- Cold water – 6 tbsp
- For Middle mango layer
- Mango -1 ( cut into small pieces )
- Mango puree – 1 cup
- Sugar – 2 tbsp ( Add only if using unsweetened mango puree )
- Gelatin – 2 tsp
- Cold water – 6 tbsp
- For mango mousse
- Mango puree – 1 cup
- Sugar – 5 tbsp ( use only if using unsweetened mango puree )
- Whipped cream – 2 cups
- Gelatin – 2 tsp
- Cold water – 6 tbsp
Method:
- Sprinkle the gelatin over cold water in a bowl and let it rest for 5 minutes
- Heat sugar and cream until sugar is melted
- Do not over heat the mixture
- Remove from heat and mix vanilla extract
- Pour the mixture over the gelatin and stir until gelatin is dissolved in the mixture
- Let the mixture cool for 2-3 minutes
- Pour in the desired glasses till ⅓ rd and refrigerate the glasses for 5-6 hours
- Middle Mango layer:
- Sprinkle the gelatin over cold water in a bowl and let it rest for 5 minutes
- Add sugar in mango puree and heat till sugar is dissolved ( if using sweetened puree, just heat the puree a little bit )
- Remove from heat and pour the mixture over the gelatin and stir until gelatin is dissolved in the mixture
- Let the mixture cool for 2-3 minutes
- Stir in the mango pieces
- Pour on top of the panna cotta to next ⅓ rd of the glass and refrigerate for 5-6 hours
- Cool for 5-6 hours
- Mango mousse:
- Sprinkle the gelatin over cold water in a bowl and let it rest for 5 minutes
- Heat mango puree and sugar till sugar is dissolved ( if using sweetened puree, just heat the puree a little bit )
- Pour over gelatin and stir until gelatin is dissolved in mixture
- Fold in the whipped cream
- Pour the mixture in a piping bag and fill the glasses till top
- Cool for 5-6 hours