Classic Panna Cotta

Name: Classic Panna Cotta
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 cup, whole milk; 2 3/4 teaspoons, gelatin; 3 cups, heavy cream; 2 inch piece, vanilla bean, slit lengthwise with paring knife (or substitute 2 teaspoons extract); 6 tablespoons, granulated sugar; Pinch, table salt

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2000, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Italian

Puddings, Custards, Gelatins, & Souffles

What makes this simple chilled Italian cream great? Balanced proportions, sound technique, and a light hand with the gelatin.

SERVES8

TIME40 minutes, plus 4 hours chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our mission in developing a panna cotta recipe was to find the correct proportions for the simple ingredients and the most effective way to deal with the gelatin that thickens the dessert. Because cream gave the panna cotta a rich mouthfeel...

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