Saturday 27 April 2013

Chocolate Coffee n Hazel Nut Panacotta

Chocolate Coffee n Hazel Nut Panacotta

Panacotta is a Italian Desert, It is made by boiling Milk and Cream together with sugar and adding a solidfier mainly Gelatin, as gelatin is extracted from Animal Bones so its basically for non veg eaters, but if u substitute this with a vegetarian solidifier mainly AGAR AGAR (China Grass) which makes it completely palatable for Vegetarians. So here goes...    

Ingredients
500 mls of Milk
200 mls of Cream
4 Grms of Agar Agar (China Grass)
4 Tbs of Granulated Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon Dark Coco Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Instant Coffee Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Hazel Nut Essence
2 Bars of milk Chocolate for Garnish
Chocolate Sprinkles for Garnish


Boil Milk in a thick based pan and add granulated sugar, Coco powder, Instant Coffee powder and Hazel Nut Essence and Agar Agar that is soaked in water for 10 mins, and dissolve the agar agar when the milk is on the boil, and turn off the gas, let the mixture cool for 10 mins and then add the cream and pour in individual bowls and chill in the fridge for 4 hours, decorate with and chocolate sprinkles and serve cold.




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