Have you ever made Mint Panna Cotta? I discovered that not everyone knew this recipe after talking about it with colleagues and friends. So, on Friday morning, I made it again; it’s hot now, and I no longer feel like making laborious recipes. I made the video recipe that you find below and the new photographs, so we’re all happier and above all, we had another excuse to enjoy this dessert.
With the arrival of summer, we no longer feel like turning on the oven to make desserts, but we certainly can’t forget about our daily treat, right?
For this reason, I want to propose some fresh desserts, which do not need the oven and can be enjoyed simply by taking them out of the refrigerator.
Here I am presenting the recipe for Mint Panna Cotta with Nutella, an easy, quick, and delicious dessert that is loved by both children and adults. From the intense color, the cloud-like texture, to the deliciousness of the hazelnut cream.
Let’s prepare this summer dessert together, and you’ll see that every moment of the next summer will be accompanied by a spoonful of mint panna cotta.
Below, I leave you more recipes with cream, maybe you’ll feel like turning on the oven for a nice and soft donut or trying the classic version of panna cotta. Each link is clickable and will take you directly to the recipe you choose to read.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Rest time: 2 Hours 10 Minutes
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 6
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons, Summer
- Energy 298.77 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 27.66 (g) of which sugars 26.69 (g)
- Proteins 4.00 (g)
- Fat 19.32 (g) of which saturated 2.84 (g)of which unsaturated 0.55 (g)
- Fibers 0.36 (g)
- Sodium 6.27 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 100 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for Mint Panna Cotta
- 1 cup cup fresh liquid cream (from the fridge section)
- 1 cup cup milk (in my case skimmed, both whole and partially skimmed are fine)
- 2 tsp tsp gelatin sheets (or food gelatin)
- 1/3 cup cup powdered sugar (preferably not vanilla-flavored)
- to taste mint syrup (amount by preference, depends on how much you like mint)
- to taste Nutella® (amount by preference as well)
Make sure the cream is very cold from the fridge as well as the milk.
Recipe Tools
- 2 Bowls
- 1 Hand whisk
- 6 Small bowls
- 1 Small pan
- 1 Ladle
- 1 Stovetop
- 1 Scale
- 1 Refrigerator
Before starting, I remind you to soak the gelatin sheets for at least 10 minutes in a small bowl with cold water. For the time in the refrigerator for the mint panna cotta, I indicated two hours, which is the minimum rest time. However, I advise extending this time for better panna cotta consistency when tasting.
Steps for Mint Panna Cotta Recipe that melts in your mouth
We start by soaking the gelatin sheets, or food gelatin, in cold water for at least 10 minutes. Then we take a small pan and heat the cream with the sugar after mixing well with a hand whisk to blend and dissolve the two ingredients.
We mix the milk with the mint syrup in a small bowl, adjusting the doses, tasting it before it becomes too flavored with mint. As indicated in the ingredients list, the mint syrup is to taste; I added a lot, and some told me it still wasn’t very noticeable, while for me, it was just the right flavor intensity. It depends on personal taste, in short.
Shortly before the cream comes to a boil, remove from the heat and add directly to the pan, stirring with the hand whisk, the gelatin sheets to dissolve them. Then pour in the milk where we dissolved the mint.
Mix everything so that the ingredients blend well. Now take mini cups, small bowls, or small dishes, perhaps ceramic ones, with which we can then serve our dessert.
Pour our Smurf-colored liquid into the molds we have chosen, using a large ladle. With these doses, you will be able to make between 6 and 10 molds. It obviously depends on the size of the mold you have chosen, as you can see from the video recipe and the photos, I chose tall, narrow, white ceramic ramekins. So four small bowls and one small oval dish.
Place the panna cotta in the refrigerator to rest for at least two hours. Better if you can keep it even longer. Before serving our dessert, remember to take the bowls out of the refrigerator about ten minutes earlier, decorate with hazelnut cream or another cream of your choice. You can also add hazelnut, almond, or pistachio crumbles as a final decoration of this recipe.
Simple, quick, and fresh, this summer dessert, and above all, we didn’t turn on the oven! I just have to wish you bon appétit and remind you that I wait for you every day here live from my kitchen with many easy, quick, and delicious recipes like this one! Below, you will find the box with all the social profiles to become a fan of my blog Le Ricette di Bea.
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Storage of Mint Panna Cotta
You can store the panna cotta with chocolate and mint in the refrigerator for two or three days, but cover the surface of the molds you have used. This way, with aluminum foil, we will be sure that other refrigerator odors do not affect the quality and taste of our dessert. And especially that no unpleasant skin forms on its surface.
Tips
As mentioned, I remind you to respect the rest times of the gelatin sheets to soften them before working with them for this recipe.
Another important timing is the rest time in the refrigerator, from two hours onwards, never less. Please keep this in mind.
Another time not to be underestimated is the resting time outside the refrigerator of the mint and chocolate panna cotta before being served and then enjoyed. Many underestimate this step, but it is also important to achieve the melt-in-your-mouth texture we love about panna cotta.
Our dessert should indeed rest at room temperature for about ten minutes before being served. This is a step that many do not do, especially when we order panna cotta at a restaurant and get a sticky gelatin rather than a dessert as soft as a cloud. So, if you have dinner guests or want to enjoy a sweet treat on the couch in front of your favorite Netflix series, remember to take our small dessert out of the refrigerator in time.
