Orange and Cardamom Panna cotta
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Author Notes: For a long time I made panna cottas with only yogurt. And then I made it the real way. I may never look back. The combination of orange zest and cardamom are perfect flavours for the sweet and creamy custard. Heart-stopping due to deliciousness. - Kitchen Butterfly
Makes 6 - 8 moulds, depending
- 25g gelatin leaves/sheets (approximately six sheets)
- 3 cups (750ml) single cream
- 1 cup (250ml) milk
- 1/2 cup (100g) sugar
- Crushed seeds of 4 – 6 cardamoms
- 1 teaspoon micro-planed orange zest
- Optional - serve with a raspberry coulis
- Soften the gelatine leaves in a litre of cold water for 5 to 10 minutes.
- While the gelatin sheets are blooming, heat the cream, milk and sugar in a saucepan, stir to combine. Once the sugar is dissolved, remove from heat.
- Put the softened gelatine leaves and the ground cardamom seeds into the warm sugared milky cream. Stir to combine and pass through a fine sieve to get rid of any lumps. Then stir in the micro-planed orange zest.
- Lightly oil the custard cups with a neutral tasting oil. Pour the mixture into the cups and place on a tray (better balance).
- Put in the refrigerator and chill till firm and set, at least 2 hours.
- To serve, you can opt to leave it in the ramekins, or run a sharp knife around the edge of each Panna Cotta, or dip in a bowl of hot water for a second or two and unmold each onto a serving plate, and garnish as desired, with fruit sauces, coulis or compotes.
- Enjoy the creamy dessert perfumed with the blossoms of sweet citrus and a fresh scentedness.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Pudding
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Cardamom
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over 1 year ago wineaplenty
Paid way too much for some Cardamom to make Parsnip soup, and was looking for a good recipe that provided another use for it. Just made this with the powdered gelatin, 2 cups half and half and 2 cups heavy whipping cream (instead of 3 cups single cream and 1 cup milk- since that's what I had in the house!). Can't wait to try it!
over 2 years ago ccolbert
Thank you so very much for the conversion! I'm going to make this for my sister's Super Bowl dinner this Sunday. Sounds a bit refined for all of those football fans, but I'm sure I will love it! :-)
over 2 years ago Kitchen Butterfly
Great - let me know how it goes! Thanks
over 2 years ago ccolbert
This sounds so very yummy! I only have loose gelatin; can you advise as to the amount to use instead of the leaves/sheet? I can't wait to try this ... :-)
over 2 years ago Kitchen Butterfly
About 4 1/2 teaspoons of gelatin is = 6 sheets
Sprinkle the gelatin over 6 tablespoons of cold water in a medium-sized bowl and let stand 5 to 10 minutes, to soften. Pour the very warm Panna Cotta mixture over the gelatin and stir until the gelatin powder mixture is completely dissolved. Then add the cardamom and pass through a sieve, Finish by stirring in the microplaned orange zest.