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La dolce vita…


The day ended Fellini’s way:

“La dolce vita”…

White chocolate Panna Cotta

Serves 10:

400 ml double cream
100 ml milk
40 g sugar
2 gelatin sheets
132 g white chocolate, chopped

Grease 10 individual moulds with oil.
In a pan bring to boil the cream, milk and sugar.
Pour the hot mixture over the chocolate and stir well until it dissolves.
Add the gelatin previously hydrated.
Pour the mixture into the moulds.
Refrigerate for 4-6 hours (minimum) or overnight.

Orange jelly:

325 ml orange juice
5 gelatin sheets
(add sugar if needed but remember that the panna cotta is very sweet)

Sprinkle with water a baking sheet and cover with wrap film.
In a bowl hydrate the gelatin with some orange juice.
Bring to boil the remaining juice.
Sieve and add the gelatin and the juice where you’ve hydrated the gelatin.
Pour the mixture into the baking sheet and refrigerate until thick.
Cut circles with the same diameter as the panna cotta.
Put each of this circles on top of each unmoulded panna cotta.

Orange coulis

300 ml orange juice
90 g caster sugar

Bring the juice and sugar to simmer until it halves its volume.
Carefully take out the foam until it boils.
Sieve and pour the mixture into a pastry biberon.
Refrigerate and use as you want.

September 24, 2008 | Filed Under desserts, puddings and soufflés 

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13 Responses to “La dolce vita…”

  1. Miguel e Irina em 24 September, 2008

    Amazing… and you are not even a pastry chef yet… imagine when you really become one, in what will this end? You are a prodigious girl…
    Well done to the best team I know!

  2. Marija em 24 September, 2008

    They are beautiful Leonor!
    Do you grease or do anything to the molds? I always have trouble getting panna cotta out of them. It sticks to the walls.

  3. Alexa em 24 September, 2008

    That’s a dolce vita I could get use to… Another stunning display of your talent.
    Leonor, I have left you a well-deserved award on my blog!

  4. mayan. em 24 September, 2008

    as always, a beautiful dessert that looks to be the perfect indulgence, desirable and easy on the weighing scale.

  5. Zoe Francois em 24 September, 2008

    Just gorgeous! You never seem to run out of fabulous ideas and beautiful presentations. Bravo.

  6. Passionate About Baking em 24 September, 2008

    Absolutely STUNNING! You took my breath away with the beauty of this wonderful panna cotta. You are VERY talented. I got here from der friend Alexa’s…and am SO GLAD I did! Cheers Deeba

  7. amritac em 24 September, 2008

    Mmmm…..that looks luscious! And orange jelly would undoubtedly be yummy with it…

  8. Clumbsy Cookie em 25 September, 2008

    Dolce e linda! Adoro pannacotta!!!

  9. Marianna em 25 September, 2008

    this looks amazing and i’m sure tastes amazing!! white chocolate panna cotta…mmm, a taste of that and to twist one’s life to a dolce vita…beautiful work!

  10. Y em 25 September, 2008

    Leonor, it’s so beautiful in it’s simplicity! Pure poetry, as always :)

  11. aqem em 25 September, 2008

    Gorgeous! Is that a ground cherry on top?

  12. Alejandra em 25 September, 2008

    I love pannacotta so much. This looks absolutely gorgeous and delicious. Beautiful photos too (like always).

  13. Vera em 26 September, 2008

    What an elegant, stylish presentation! The dessert looks fantastic, Leonor!

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