It's easy to make restaurant-quality desserts at home with this Mango Panna Cotta recipe. This simple Italian dessert can be made ahead of time and never fails to impress!
1-2tablespoonssugar (depending on sweetness of mango)
1 ½tablespoonsfresh lime juice
Instructions
To make the panna cotta:
Place milk in a medium saucepan and sprinkle with gelatin. Let stand for 5 minutes without heating.
½ cup whole milk, 1 ½ teaspoons unflavored gelatin
Heat saucepan over medium low heat and stir until gelatin dissolves and milk mixture starts to steam but not boil.
Stir in cream, sugar, vanilla and lime zest. Cook until sugar is dissolved, stirring regularly. Mixture will steam but should never bubble. Remove from heat and whisk in yogurt until smooth.
2 cups heavy cream, ½ cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, Zest of one lime, ½ cup plain whole milk Greek yogurt
Divide panna cotta among 6 (8-ounce) ramekins. Cover and refrigerate until fully set, at least 4 hours.
To make the mango coulis:
Place mango, water and desired amount of sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat for 12-17 minutes or until mango has softened, adding more water by the tablespoon if mango starts to stick to the bottom of the pan.
Scrape mango mixture into a blender, add lime juice and puree until completely smooth. Let cool to room temperature. You can refrigerate if making ahead of time.
1 ½ tablespoons fresh lime juice
Notes
Both the mango coulis and the panna cotta can be made up to three days ahead of time. Give the coulis a stir before layering on top of the panna cotta as it thickens in the fridge.
Be sure not to let the panna cotta mixture boil when making it as the gelatin loses some of its effectiveness at high temperatures.
Don't have Greek yogurt? Add the equivalent amount of milk, cream or half and half in its place.
You can also make a simple mango puree instead of the cooked coulis sauce. Simply puree mango cubes in the blender with sugar and lime juice. The color will be lighter and the flavor not as robust but it will still be delicious.