Chocolate Panna Cotta

Here is a perfect dessert treat, "Chocolate Panna Cotta" to celebrate the 4th year anniversary of "Poornima Cookbook"!

I am excited and thankful to my family, friends and followers for their encouragement & support throughout this journey.

Feedback from those trying my recipes, keeps me motivated to post more and more.

Pannacotta is a classic, popular, easy to make Italian custard. Pannacotta means "cooked cream" in Italian.

It is made by simmering together cream, milk and sugar; mixing this with gelatin and letting it cool until set. You can try out adding different flavours, but this one is for the chocolate lovers!

Check Vanilla-pannacotta-with-pomegranate jelly which is one of my earlier posts!

Let's go through the recipe now.

PREP TIME

10 min

COOK TIME

10 mins

TOTAL TIME 

20 mins

                                                                                                                                                   

Recipe for Chocolate Panna Cotta

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: Italian

Serves: 4 (approximately)

Ingredients:

Milk - 1 cup (250 ml)

Heavy Cream - 1 cup
Un-flavoured Gelatin - 2½ tsp
Sugar - 3 tbsp
Vanilla essence- 1 tsp
Dark chocolate - 150 g

Fig and Honey Pudding - Eggless(No bake pudding)

This is a delicious, creamy eggless pudding using china grass as a thickening agent.  I am sure every one in your family will love this fig and honey combination in the dessert.   

I learnt this recipe from my neighbour Ganga chechi.   Thank you chechi for the simple and also for tasty pudding recipe.  Try this recipe and give your feedback.

A small on Agar - agar / China grass:

Agar agar (china grass) is a vegetarian substitute for gelatin which is flavorless and odorless, which makes it an excellent thickening agent for cooking especially for desserts like puddings.

Agar Agar is a rich source of calcium and iron, and also very high in fiber.  It contains no sugar and fat free.  It is known for its ability to aid in digestion and weight loss.

Ingredients:

Dried Fig - 100 g

Milk - ½ litre 

China grass - 10gms

Milkmaid / condensed milk - ¾ th to 1 tin full (1 tin = 395 g)

Fresh cream - 150 g

Honey - 2 tbsp

Cakes & Bakes

Here is a collection of mouthwatering baked delicacies which includes puddings, breads, cakes, muffins / cupcakes and cookies. Though I am not a professional baker, my interest in baking insist me to try different baked goodies. 

Find the recipe of your interest, try it out and enjoy!

Eggless Bakes
Eggless Orange Tuitti Frutti Loaf Cake / Eggless Orange Cake / Orange Flavored Tuitti Frutti Cake
Pumpkin Jaggery Cake / Pumpkin Cake - Eggless, Butterless & Sugarless

Mango Chocolate Marble / Bundt Cake - Eggless & Butterless Version

Mango Loaf Bread / Mango Cake (Eggless)
Dates Cake (Eggless & Butterless) / Eggless Dates Cake

Coconut Cookies (Eggless)
Oats Chocolate Biscotti(Eggless)

Tuitty Frutti Cookies / Christmas Cookies (Eggless)
Chickpea Crackers / Savory Crackers
Baked Date & Chocolate Rolls / Breads (Eggless)

 Breads

Jewish Challah Bread / Three Strand Braided Challah
Baked Date & Chocolate Rolls / Breads (Eggless)
Banana Raisin Bread / Banana Bread
Coconut Bun / Dilkush / Coconut stuffed buns / Thengai Bun

Paneer(Indian cottage cheese) Stuffed Braided Bread / Stuffed Braided Bread - Eggless

Pizza & Pasta Recipes
Chicken Tikka Pizza / Home Made Chicken Tikka Pizza
Wheat Paneer Tikka Pizza / Whole Wheat Pizza / Paneer Tikka Piizza / Home Made Pizza

Bun Pizza (with homemade pizza sauce)

Baked Vegetable Cheesy Pasta / Baked Cheesy Pasta

Cakes

Easy Fruit Cake / Easy Christmas Cake (No soaking, No alcohol cake)

Rich Christmas Cake / Plum Cake Recipe
Chocolate Fruit Cake / Chocolate Christmas Cake

Apple Bundt Cake / Apple Cake

Molten Chocolate Cake / Chocolate Lava cake

Honey Drizzled Semolina Cake

Zebra Cake
Beetroot Chocolate Cake

Pear "Upside Down" Cake
Kit Kat Cake
(Tri-colour) Check Board Cake

Rainbow Cake / Layered Rainbow Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Chocolate Shortbread
Brownies Recipe
Blondie Brownies

Chocolate Orange Brownies 

Carrot Date Cake

Apple Oats Cake
Avocado Brownies

Muffins / Cupcakes

Orange Cranberry Muffins
Healthy Breakfast Muffins

Banana Date Muffins

Banana Crumb Muffins

Mummy Cupcakes (Halloween Special)

Chocolate Cupcakes

Double Chocochip Muffins

Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes

Ragi Cupcakes / Ragi Chocolate Cupcakes
Gingerbread Cupcakes - Christmas Special

Cookies / Short breads

Coconut Cookies (Eggless)
Oats Chocolate Biscotti(Eggless)
Spooky Witch Finger Cookies (Halloween Special)
Chickpea Crackers / Savory Crackers
Peanut cookies
Choco Chip Cookies
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Crunchy Oats CookiesTuitty Frutti Cookies / Christmas Cookies (Eggless)
Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies Recipe / Sugar Cookies - Christmas Cookies

Baked Puddings

Baked Caramel Custard (Pudding)

Baked Chocolate Pudding / Brownie Pudding

Coconut and Lychee Crème Caramel

Umm Ali - Egyptian Bread Pudding

Mango Pudding / Mango Coconut milk Pudding / Eggless Mango Pudding

These soft and fruit based pudding make the perfect end to a meal, satisfying all your sweet cravings!.   I am sure everybody will  like this combination.

You can store this yummy summer treat in the fridge and relish for up to 2 to 3 days.

Check also my  Rose Milk Pudding Recipe.

Ingredients:

Mangoes - 2
China grass - 7 to 10 gms
Water - ½ cup
Coconut milk - 1 Cup
Sugar - ¼ to ½ cup

Strawberry Mousse (Eggless)

This creamy and light strawberry mousse is simple to make and one of the favorite fruit desserts of my kids.  You can store this yummy  treat in the fridge and relish for up to 2 to 3 days. 

Serves - 4 to 5 persons

Ingredients:

Whipping cream - 1 Cup (250ml)
Un - flavored gelatin - 2 tsp
Water - ¼ cup
Sugar - 3 tbsp
Strawberry - 10 to 15

Directions: 

In a bowl, sprinkle 2 tsp of un-flavoured gelatin over the ¼ cup of water.  Leave for 5 minutes to allow it to become soft .

Wash and hull the strawberries.  Grind the strawberries and sugar and keep aside.  Reserve some for garnishing.

Add whipping cream in a bowl and whip it using a electric or hand beater until soft peaks form and gently fold in the  strawberry mixture into the whipped cream.   At last add dissolved gelatin mixture.   Mix it gently.

Spoon mousse into serving cups and refrigerate for at least 4 to 5 hours. 

Garnish with strawberry slices and Serve.

Note:

The bowl, beater and the cream have to chilled before you start to whip.

Do not over beat the cream, otherwise it will start to curdle.

Store this strawberry mousse in fridge until ready to serve.

You can try without using gelatin also.

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