Panna cotta
Pannacotta is a dessert that is now very famous and known throughout the world. The classic pannacotta is flavored with vanilla, and is super versatile because it can then be decorated in a thousand different variations, chocolate sauces, caramel sauces, crumbles, fresh or cooked fruit, etc.
The preparation is very simple and to make it vegan you can use different gelatins such as the famous agar agar, but this time we will use Iota gelatina, it is much more pudding and creamy on the palate.
Today we will see a summer panna cotta, we will make strawberry cream, and instead of cream we will use milk to make it lighter and to cover the flavor of the strawberries less. Finally we will finish the dessert with strawberries cooked in a bain-marie and a mint leaf.
Method
Wash the fresh strawberries, remove the stalk and place them in a jug.
Blend until you obtain a puree, if you wish you can sift to remove the seeds.
Pour the puree into a saucepan, add the milk.
Separately weigh caster sugar and Iota gelatine.
Mix sugar and gelatine together, pour into the saucepan and mix with a whisk, blend if there are lumps.
Bring to the boil over low heat, stirring constantly with a whisk.
Transfer to a jug, blend with an immersion blender, holding it slightly inclined, to eliminate the air.
Place the half-sphere mold on a rigid tray.
Pour the panna cotta into the mold, fill to the edge.
Place in the fridge overnight to gel completely.
Wash the fresh strawberries, remove the stalk, place them in a bowl, cover with cling film.
Place the bowl on a saucepan with water and cook in a bain-marie over low heat.
When the bowl heats up with the steam from the water the film will stick better.
Then cook for about 1 hour, until the strawberries are soft.
After this time, open the film a little to let out some steam and cook for another hour to thicken the liquid.
Then leave to cool in the refrigerator until the following day when the panna cotta is ready.
Very delicately using a silicone spatula, extract the panna cottas (see video), arrange a panna cotta on each plate and decorate with the cooked strawberries and juice. Serve immediately after adding the strawberries.
