Vanilla Panna cotta is a very easy and simple Italian dessert, made with cream, milk and sugar.
Panna cotta literally means ‘cooked cream’ in Italian as it was originally made from very thick cream.
This is a very delicate dessert which you can make ahead of time and keep in a fridge before serving at small get-togethers or parties.
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Stepwise pictures of making Vanilla Panna Cotta
Ingredients:
1 cup measures 250ml
Double cream – 1 cup
Milk – 1 cup
Agar-agar powder – 1tbsp
Vanilla extract – 1tbsp
Water – 3tbsp
Sugar – ¼ cup
Preparation:
In a small bowl, add 3tbsp of water, add 1tbsp of agar-agar powder and mix well without any lumps. Keep aside.
Next, in a saucepan, add milk, double cream, vanilla extract and sugar. Mix well.
Boil the mixture on medium to low flame until the sugar dissolves completely.
Add the agar-agar mixture and stir well until it is completely dissolved.
Bring the entire mixture to boil on low flame for 2-3 minutes until it thickens.
Remove the saucepan from the heat and strain it into a jug using a strainer.
Pour it into the prepared cups and keep in the refrigerator for 1-2hrs or until it is set.
When Panna cotta is set, unmould it into a plate and serve it by garnishing with mint and a strawberry and enjoy this delicious and creamy dessert.
Notes:
While adding the agar-agar to the water, stir it vigorously until it is completely dissolved before switching on the heat.
Don’t add the agar-agar powder directly in hot water otherwise, it will clump up.
If the panna cotta is sticking to your cup during unmould, place the cup in luke-warm water for a few seconds and tap it gently on the back of the cup with hand.
📖 Recipe
Vanilla Panna Cotta Recipe
Ingredients
- Double cream – 1 cup
- Milk – 1 cup
- Agar-agar powder – 1tbsp
- Vanilla extract – 1tbsp
- Water – 3tbsp
- Sugar – ¼ cup
Instructions
- In a small bowl, add 3tbsp of water, add 1tbsp of agar-agar powder and mix well without any lumps. Keep aside.
- Next, in a saucepan, add milk, double cream, vanilla extract and sugar. Mix well.
- Boil the mixture on medium to low flame until the sugar dissolves completely.
- Add the agar-agar mixture and stir well until it is completely dissolved.
- Bring the entire mixture to boil on low flame for 2-3 minutes until it thickens.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and strain it into a jug using a strainer.
- Pour it into the prepared cups and keep in the refrigerator for 1-2hrs or until it is set.
- When Panna cotta is set, unmould it into a plate and serve it by garnishing with mint and a strawberry and enjoy this delicious and creamy dessert.
Notes
- While adding the agar-agar to the water, stir it vigorously until it is completely dissolved before switching on the heat.
- Don’t add the agar-agar powder directly in hot water otherwise, it will clump up.
- If the panna cotta is sticking to your cup during unmould, place the cup in luke-warm water for a few seconds and tap it gently on the back of the cup with hand.
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I’ve never heard of vanilla panna cotta before, but I would love to try it! It sounds delicious!
Diane, it is so easy and creamy dessert.Hope you will like it when you prepare it.
nice
This looks very good and fancy. I’ll have to give it a try. Thanks.
Thank you Mike. Hope you will try soon and please give your feedback.
I never heard of Vanilla panna cotta before now, but it sure looks good with the strawberry, so I'll surely give it a try.
It is an Italian dessert, yes it goes good with strawberry puree.Hope you will try this .
I have only heard about panna cotta, did not know it was so easy to make. Thanks for sharing this easy panna cotta recipe.
Thank you Alpa.
Love the way you break the instructions down to easy to follow steps. Great recipe.
Thank you Neecee B.
Lovely, watched the video, am tempted to try this soon when I get hands on agar agar! Thanks for the share, it looks fantastic!
Thank you so much Nisha.
Beautifully made. You make it sound so easy ! Will live to try my hand at pannacotta.
Thank you
Panna cotta is the American delicate equivalent of flan. Imagine a solid whipped cream. It pairs well with anything so a different topping can practically produce a new desert. It is light and not overly sweet. Try it out
mine came out like cement unfortunately. is 1 tablespoon the right amount of agar agar?
Hi Veronika, sorry to hear that it did not come out well. I have used 1 tablespoon of agar-agar powder only and I make this with the same measurement every time and it comes out well.
Awesome