Panna cotta is a simple and basic dessert that is made of dairy thickened with gelatin. Panna cotta is popular throughout Italy and typically served with caramel or fruit sauce. Vanilla panna cotta recipe with strawberry JELL-O is one of those desserts you can throw together in a matter of minutes.
Panna cotta (Italian for “cooked cream”) is an Italian dessert of sweetened cream thickened with gelatin and molded. The cream may be aromatized with coffee, vanilla, or other flavorings.
History of Panna Cotta
The name panna cotta is not mentioned in Italian cookbooks before the 1960s, yet it is often cited as a traditional dessert of the northern Italian region of Piedmont. One unverified story says that it was invented by a Hungarian woman in the Langhe in the early 1900s. An 1879 dictionary mentions a dish called latte inglese ‘English milk’, made of cream cooked with gelatin and molded,though other sources say that latte inglese is made with egg yolks; perhaps the name covered any thickened custard-like preparation.
Ingredients
- 1 package Strawberry Jello-o
- 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
- 1 cup milk
- 1 package unflavored powdered gelatin
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups heavy cream
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare Jello-o according to package directions and set aside.
Step 2
Place cups on mini cupcake pan at an angle. Fill each cup with strawberry jello almost to the edge.
Step 3
Chill for two hours.
Step 4
Mix 1 cup milk with 1 package unflavored powdered gelatin. Let mixture sit for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes heat on low.
Step 5
Add sugar and stir. When sugar dissolved, remove from heat. Add 1 tsp of vanilla extract and stir.
Step 6
Add gelatin mixture into the cream. Take the cups out of the fridge with the strawberry jelly layer already set.
Step 7
Fill cups with Panna Cotta mixture up to the edges of cups.
Step 8
Chill until set, about 4 hours.
Step 9
Top with fresh diced strawberries and enjoy!
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