Categories: Desserts
Ingredients
- Berries and fruit mix:
- 1 1/2 cup sliced strawberries
- 1 cup blueberries or blackberries
- 1 1/2 cups green grapes with some cut in half
- 2 Tbsp. Amaretto or 2 Tbsp. sugar mixed with 1/2 tsp. almond flavoring
- Panna Cotta
- 3 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 5 tsp. unflavored gelatin (two .25 oz. envelopes)
- 6 Tbsp. water
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Directions
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Mix berries with amaretto or sugar mixture and let marinate in refrigerator for an hour or two. Drain liquid off before serving with the panna cotta.
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Mix cream and sugar in a microwave proof bowl. Microwave on high for about 1 minute. Stir and continue at 20 second intervals until sugar crystals have fully melted.
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Meantime, measure 6 Tbsp. water int o small heat proof cut or ramekin and sprinkle gelatin over. Place cup in a cool saucepan filled with about a cup of water. Let stand for 5 minutes so gelatin can absorb some of the water.
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Turn on the burner and heat up saucepan (with heatproof cup still in it) until water is boiling. Continue to simmer until all of the gelatin has melted, about 1 1/2 -2 minutes.
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Remove saucepan from stovetop. Carefully remove hot ramekin from water bath using a hot pad or oven mitt to avoid burns. Stir gelatin mixture into heated crea.
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Stir in buttermilk and vanilla extract.
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For a larger panna cotta, pour all the liquid into a 6 cup mold or two 3 cup molds. A bowl can be used as a mold if you wish.
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When you are ready to serve, dip the bottom up to sides of mold in a sink of hot water for about 15-20 seconds. Cover with serving dish and turn over. If panna cotta doesn’t come out, dip again into hot water for another 10-15 seconds and turn over again. Spoon berries all around the molded Panna Cotta and use a large serving spoon when ready to serve or cut into slices. Spoon berries to the the side or over top.