Panna Cotta Strawberry, lemon, chocolate

This simple, light and traditional Italian treat makes the ideal dinner party dessert. With three tempting topping options to choose from, it’s sure to be a winner every time!

Panna Cotta Ingredients

30ml water

2 leaves of gelatine

425ml single cream

1/4tsp vanilla essence

50g caster sugar

Panna Cotta Method

1)  Put the cold water in a bowl then add the two leaves of gelatine and allow them to soften.

2)  Place the cream, sugar and vanilla essence into a saucepan and bring to the boil, stir in the gelatine (not the water), keep stirring until the gelatine has dissolved.

3)  Divide the mixture between the serving dishes, glasses or ramekins. 

4)  When the mixture is cold enough place it in the fridge to set for 3-4 hours or overnight.

5)  Serve with the strawberry, lemon or chocolate sauce.

Strawberry sauce ingredients

300g strawberries

25g caster sugar

Strawberries for decorating the panna cotta

Method

1)  Place all the ingredients into a liquidizer or food processor (saving some strawberries to serve) and puree the ingredients.

2)  Strain through a sieve and serve chilled with the panna cotta.

Lemon sauce ingredients

30ml or the juice of 3 lemons

100ml cold water 

30g caster sugar

10g cornflour

Yellow food colouring (optional) 

Method

1)  Place all the ingredients into a pan and bring to a boil while whisking continuously. 

2)  Strain through a sieve and allow to cool. 

3)  Place in the fridge to chill before serving with the panna cotta.

 

Chocolate sauce ingredients

100g milk chocolate

25g butter

250ml Longley farm single cream

Method

1)  Place all the ingredients into a pan and bring to the boil.

2)  Strain through a sieve and allow to cool.

3)  Place in the fridge to chill before serving with the panna cotta.

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