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Italian Dessert - "Pistachio Panna Cotta"



Hello readers,
     Today I'm going to share with you an Italian dessert "Pistachio Panna Cotta". This is a traditional dessert of northern Italian region of Piedmont, "Panna cotta" in Italian means "cooked cream". One unverified source says that Panna cotta was invented by a Hungarian woman in the 'langhe' in the early 1900s.

Ingredients:

1. Heavy cream- 500 ml.

2. Sugar-80 gm.

3. Milk- 100 ml.

4. Pistachio-200 gm

5. Pistachio- 1 tbs crushed.

6. Gelatin- 1 tbs ( unflavored).

7. Vanilla extract-1/2 tsp.

8. Water- 1/4 cup.


Preparation Method:

Step1- Take a bowl mix gelatin with 1/4 cup of room temperature water. Set aside.

Step 2- Take a saucepan pour the milk  and cream into the saucepan and bring to boil in medium low flame, now add sugar, Pistachios, vanilla extract and boil again.

Step 3- Remove saucepan from the gas oven now Grind to a smooth paste with the mixture and strain through a smooth strainer, cool and add gelatin.

Step 4- Pour the mixture into desire molds, and refrigerate them for 4 hours.

Step 5- Use a sharp knife around the edge of Panna cotta to loosen, garnish with crushed Pistachios on top. Now it's ready to eat.


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