Coffee Panna Cotta

I am hosting a dinner party tonight to celebrate Paolo's 30th Birthday, and afterwards we're going to some late night comedy as his gift. For dessert I decided to try and make panna cotta. It is such a luscious and light dessert. I hope he likes it. I made it last night, and it was really simple, and very quick to make. I used Lucullian's recipe at http://lucullian.blogspot.com/, with some very minor adjustments.

500ml cup fresh cream, I used thick cream (which probably accounts for needing more gelatin)
100ml milk
100ml very strong coffee
75ml cup caster sugar
10-12g gelatin leaves, I used the lesser amount but I think it probably needed the extra
Dark chocolate for decoration

Put the gelatin leaves to soak in cold water.

Mix cream, milk and coffee in a small pan, add sugar and bring to boil.

Squeeze the water out of the gelatin leaves and melt them in the hot coffee cream, stir really well and leave it to cool down a bit.

Pass through some muslin before pouring the cream into cocktail glasses. Refrigerate for at least 2-3 hours.

Decorate as you wish.



Enjoy!