Panna Cotta Recipe
Panna cotta recipe made with only four whole food ingredients for a healthy, low-sugar dessert as is traditional to Italian cuisine.
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups cream heavy, preferably grassfed
- 2.5 tsp gelatin unflavored, preferably grassfed
- 2 Tbl maple syrup preferably organic and very dark
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean
- fresh berries or other fruit for topping
Instructions
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Dissolve the plain, unflavored gelatin in a tablespoon or two of boiling water.
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Pour one cup of cream into a medium sized saucepan. If using vanilla bean, slice lengthwise down the pod, scrape out the seeds and add them to the saucepan (discard the pod).
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Stir the water with dissolved gelatin into the cream and vanilla bean mixture in the pan. Turn on low heat and stir until completely dissolved.
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Turn off the heat and add the rest of the cream and maple syrup. Blend in vanilla extract if you did not use vanilla bean in the first step.
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Pour the panna cotta mixture into a serving dish, cover and chill for an hour or two until set.
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Serve when chilled. Top with berries or other fruit if desired. It is simply delicious served plain too.
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Keep panna cotta leftovers refrigerated in a glass bowl with a lid. It will keep for about 4-5 days.