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Monday 18 February 2013

Chocolate heart panna cotta

Try this delicious dessert for two...Chocolate heart panna cotta

INGREDIENTS:
  • ½ cup thickened cream
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 60g dark chocolate, chopped
  • 3 teaspoons caster sugar
  • ¾ teaspoon gelatine
  • 1 tablespoon just boiled water
  • Chocolate hearts (see tip), strawberries, to serve

METHOD:
  1. Lightly grease two ½-cup capacity silicone heart moulds. Arrange on a tray. 
  2. In a small saucepan, combine cream, milk, chocolate and sugar. Stir over low heat until melted and smooth — do not boil. 
  3. In a small jug, whisk gelatine briskly into hot water using a fork, until dissolved. Cool slightly. Blend into cream mixture. 
  4. Pour mixture into prepared moulds. Chill, covered, for 3 hours or overnight, until set. Unmould and serve with chocolate hearts and strawberries. 

Top tips:-
To make chocolate hearts, line a tray with baking paper. Pipe heart outlines onto tray using melted chocolate and a freezer bag with a snipped corner as the piping bag. Chill until set.
Try using other ½-cup moulds of choice.