Panna Cotta

This is the result of very effective procrastination but hey - who could resist making this wonderful vanilla panna cotta?! We all need that moment of indulgence from time to time, and this simply makes it perfect!

Ingredients for 4 panna cottas


500 ml of double cream
100 g of sugar
20 g of vanilla sugar
1 vanilla pod
3 leaves of gelatine

150 g of mixed berries
50 g of icing sugar (depending how sweet your berries are)
splash of lemon


Place the dariole moulds in the fridge. Soak the gelatine in cold water. Scrape out the vanilla seeds from the vanilla pod (cut it in half first and when scraping out the seeds, use the back of your knife's blade - make's life a lot easier!) and pour the cream into a sauce pan. Mix with the vanilla seeds and the scraped out vanilla pod and gently bring it to the boil, whisking constantly to make sure it doesn't burn at the bottom. Once it has been brought to the boil, take it off the hob. Squeeze out any excess water from the gelatine leaves and add them to the cream, whisking one by one in carefully. Leave to rest for 10 minutes. Pour the panna cotta into the moulds evenly and set aside for another 5 minutes before leaving it to cool in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Serve with a fruit sauce, either the more elaborate one (click here) or simply blitz up some mixed berries with a bit of icing sugar and a splash of lemon in the blender or food processor and then pass them through a sift to make them nice and smooth. If you have trouble getting the panna cotta out of the moulds, simply place the moulds in a  bowl with hot water for about 1 minute and they will slip right out! Enjoy!