Hello every one, I am back with another guest post for the blog. Today's guest post is from an amazing blogger whose food recipes and pics are both mind boggling - Vineetha from the blog Ruchi. Vineetha's blog was one of the few blogs that I started following in the beginning. Being a novice in cake making and decorating, the way Vineetha presents and decorates her cakes caught my attention very soon and I became a big fan :) You can check out some of her wonderful cakes here, here and here. Her blog Ruchi has not just cakes and other delectable desserts, but includes a variety of Kerala and other regional and international dishes as well. When I requested Vineetha to do a guest post for me, she readily agreed and came back to me with a wonderful dessert.
Over to Vineetha:
Caramel Pannacotta:
Over to Vineetha:
Avika has been so patient with me giving me nearly 3 months time for
doing this guest post for her. She was really sweet and very supportive when
this post got delayed. So when I got a chance to make a dessert for taking it
to a friend’s place for a dinner party I made up my mind to send it over
to Avika. What I like about her blog is her step by step instruction which
is very easy to follow even for a novice cook. Her
recent post, Hotel style kuruma with paneer cubes seriously left me drooling
:)
Talking
about me, South Indian blogger from
Kerala living in London with hubby and my 5 year old son. Can call
myself a long time blogger but a very slow one.
Blogging is one of the best hobby I have and I am so lucky to live in
a place where we have a big group of Desi
bloggers who have became my good friends now.
Coming to the recipe it’s Caramel Pannacotta with
strawberry coulis, an elegant Italian dessert. Usually when I post desserts I
click two pairs of them in plates or bowls for the food styling sake, but this
time I have only one, wonder why ? Since I knew that I won’t get time to take
picture of the dessert before taking it to my friends place I made one
extra bowl for clicking picture next day. The next day morning was no different
as I had to leave house in the morning for a whole day, so I had to click the
pictures in a hurry. Even though I couldn’t do justice to the pictures, this
dessert is very delicious . I made one simple mistake by adding one extra
teaspoon of gelatin as I was worried whether it might not set which made by
pannacotta slightly hard, but if you try the recipe with one teaspoon less
it will be soft and perfect. I have corrected the recipe accordingly so do try
it out as it is easy to put together and tastes yumm !
Recipe adapted from – GB chefs
Caramel Pannacotta:
Ingredients:
Milk – 1/2 cup
Double
cream/ Heavy cream – 2 1/2 cup
Vanilla
bean – 1
Sugar
– ¾ cup + 3 tbs ( as required )
Gelatin powder – 2
¼ tsp ( 1 packet )
Water
– 3 tbs + 2 tbs
For Strawberry Coulis:
Strawberry
– ½ cup
Sugar
– ¼ cup
Method of Preparing:
- In a saucepan combine 2 ½ cups of cream and 1/2 cup of milk.
- Slit the vanilla bean into half, scrape the seeds to the milk - cream mixture and place the saucepan on medium heat stirring in between. Once this boils, simmer it for 5 minutes until it reduces a little bit.
- Meanwhile take gelatin powder in a bowl, add water and let it bloom for few minutes.
- Add the gelatin to the milk – cream mixture and stir until the gelatin is dissolved.
- In another pan take ¾ cup sugar, add 2 tbs of water and place the pan on a low flame until the sugar caramelises.
- Add the caramelised sugar to the milk – cream mixture and stir well until dissolved completely.
- Finally add the 3 tbs of sugar or as per your taste to the mixture and stir until sugar is dissolved. Sieve it in case there in any lumpy bits.
- Pour the mixture into glass bowls or moulds and chill for 3-4 hours in a refrigerator.
- Serve it just like that or if you have made in moulds, dip the mould in boiling water for 5-8 seconds and give it a gentle tap and your panacotta should slide to a serving plate.
Making Strawberry Coulis:
- In a saucepan add take ½ cup strawberry, ¼ cup sugar and cook for 3-5 minutes until strawberry is a bit soft.
- Let it cool for sometimes and then puree them with a hand belnder or in a mixie. Chill it.
Serving:
Serve the pannacotta in glass bowls by drizzling
some strawberry coulis on top or if you have made them in moulds, dip the mould
in boiling water for 5-8 seconds and give it a gentle tap and your pannacotta
should slide to a serving plate. Pour the strawberry coulis on top and serve !
Super tempting pannacotta and love the way she presented the dish.
ReplyDeletei am one big fan of vinee... both as far as her blog is concerned and personally... she's a really sweet person... really! this is such a yum dessert, when it sets beautifully, love the caramel flavor... thank u for sharing, avika... :)
ReplyDeleteLovely!. Thank you both for a lovely recipe and great post... :-) Best wishes to both
ReplyDeletesuperb and a lovely guest post
ReplyDeleteThank u friends for the lovely words and Thanks Avika for having me over :)
ReplyDeleteLooks so yum..wish to taste some :)
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