DARK CHOCOLATE PANNA COTTA...It's all about the kidz in us!  

23 April 2008

"I can resist everything except temptation"
Oscar Wilde

Dark Chocolate Panna Cotta...deeply divine!

Foolishly put the question across to the kids, asked them what they love to eat most....& nearly got run over in the ensuing melee. Sweet ranked supreme, & chocolate was the popular call..

"Chocolate panna cotta" sang the chorus!!

Did I have to ask? I seldom do because I like to keep rotating flavours, especially chocolaty ones, lest they get stuck on one. I asked today because Ben has a special kids event on for Food for Plastic Kidz as 'Tupperware is celebrating April as Children’s month. The best part is that they are donating $1 from the sale of selected items to the Boys & Girls Clubs.'This one's specially for your event amigo. Ben's event is interestingly about 'food you enjoyed as kids, or foods which may be your kids favourite food'. I have a strange suspicion that the idea is fuelled by the kid in him, & I'm all game for it!

Favourite food ='s DESSERT

This is one equation that hasn't changed over time. What has changed is the choice of dessert. When we were young it was either a caramel custard or bread pudding, fruit cream or trifle, a rice pudding maybe or kulfi...a LOT of choice by my standards! I look at my kids today & think I've spoilt them for life with the choices they've been offered...YUM!! It's not that I indulge them to extreme limits; it's just that I enjoy trying different stuff & they are willing accomplices in the process. Who wouldn't be?

My dear friend was over from Ukraine some time back & her kids preferred & only choice of dessert is chocolate, chocolate & chocolate. They were here to spend the day & I made sure I made it utterly chocolaty! They had Devil's Food Cupcakes for tea with a chocolate ice-cream milk-shake...& when their mom joined us for dinner with their Nan that night, I wrapped their day up with this dessert! Their love for chocolate is HUGE, so I thought I'd make an indulgent dessert for them...Boy, were they thrilled!! My kids were over the moon too. My friend called as they drove out to say that the first thing her daughter said was to get the recipe!! What more can one ask for!!
I personalised the kids portions by piping their names over their servings...
...they loved the idea!

Dark Chocolate Panna Cotta
Recipe as adapted from Godiva

Ingredients:

Cream - 3 cups
Milk - 1 cup
Gelatin - 3 1/2 tsps
Powdered Sugar - 6 tbsps
Dark Chocolate - 250 - 300gms (broken into pieces; adjust amount according to taste)
Cocoa powder - 3 tbsps

Method:

  • Measure 3/4 cup cream in a liquid measuring cup. Sprinkle gelatin over cream and let stand at least 5 minutes or until ready to use to soften gelatin.
  • Mix sugar and cocoa powder in medium sauce pan. Whisk in remaining 2 1/4 cups heavy cream and place sauce pan over medium heat. Heat to a simmer. Remove from heat and add chocolate. Whisk until chocolate is melted and smooth.
  • Add gelatin mixture. Heat and whisk constantly until gelatin is completely dissolved (do not heat to a simmer). Strain mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a big bowl. Adjust the sugar if desired. Pour into individual bowls. Refrigerate for about 3 hours or until set. Garnish with pistachios & chocolate shavings as desired.
  • Note: This is not a very true panna cotta; i.e. one which can be turned out. This one is silky, deep, smooth & luscious. It leaves a sense of sublime satisfaction!

Truly indulgent...bringing out the greedy little kid in us too!

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