Green tea and vanilla panna cotta with chocolate sauce
(from Elyce123’s recipe box)
Makes 4
Source: delicious. February 2004
Categories: February
Ingredients
- 100ml milk
- 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds removed
- 3 green tea bags or 2 heaped tablespoons of green tea
- 350ml double cream
- 1 1/4 leaves of gelatine, soaked in water
- 70g icing sugar
- 30g caster sugar
- 150ml water
- 1 level tbsp cocoa powder
- 100g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
Directions
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Put the milk, vanilla pod and seeds, tea bags and half the cream in a small pan and slowly simmer for about 10 minutes until reduced by a third. Remove from the heat and extract the teabags. Squeeze out the gelatine, discarding the soaking water, then stir the gelatine into the tea mixture and leave to dissolve. Allow to cool a little, then place in the fridge, stirring occasionally until the mixture coats the back of a spoon. Remove the vanilla pod.
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Whip together the icing sugar and the remaining cream. Mix the two cream mixtures together. Divide into four metal moulds (small glasses or cappuccino cups also work well). Cover and chill for at least an hour.
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Meanwhile, place the caster sugar, the water and the cocoa in a small saucepan and bring to the boil. Take off the heat and stir in the broken chocolate. Stir until dissolved and warm briefly before serving.
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To serve, turn the panna cotta out onto a plate and spoon the chocolate sauce around it, or serve the dessert in its cup with chocolate sauce poured over the top.