Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Panna Cotta with Caramelized Mango: A Quick Dessert Recipe

In our office, there was this cafe that sells really delicious panna cotta.. and since i love to cook, i thought i can also make my own version of the said dessert and so I did! 


For Toppings:
Mango (chopped to small pieces)
Water
Sugar


For the Panna Cotta:
Cream (nestle is better)
Fresh Milk or Small Evap Milk
Unflavored Gelatin
Sugar
Vanilla Extract




















Prepare the Mango toppings
1. Chop Ripe Mangoes into small pieces.
2. Bring water (about half a cup) to boil and put in sugar, until it is melted, or caramelized
3. Put the mango and turn off the heat. Do not boil.
4. Set Aside in a container and refrigerate. 


Cooking the Panna Cotta
1. Pour milk into a cup and put the gelatin powder. Stir to dissolve the gelatin and set aside.
2. Heat the pan, put in the cream/all purpose cream. Mix with about 2 tbsp of sugar. (actually depends on your taste). DO NOT BOIL. 
3. When the cream starts to simmer, put vanilla extract and pour the milk with the Gelatin. Stir constantly and turn off the heat. 
4. Pour into desired mold and chill.




Serve and top with the mango bits. Enjoy!!   





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