Mango Panna Cotta

Panna Cotta(Cooked cream)is an Italian desert. Cream is thickened using Gelatin/Agar-agar. It can be flavored with with Mango, strawberry, coffee or anything of your choice. Here in the recipe I have layered Mango and vanilla flavored cream. Let us get into the recipe.

Ingredients:

For Mango Layer:

1. 1 cup mango juice.

2. 2 cups of Mango puree.

3. 1/4 oz of unflavored gelatin/Agar-agar.

For Vanilla Layer:

1. 1 cup milk

2. 2 cups heavy cream.

3. 1/4 oz of unflavored gelatin/Agar-agar.

4. a pinch of salt.

5. 1/2 cup of sugar.

6. 2 tsp vanilla essence.

7. Glasses/transparent containers to set the panna cotta

1 US cup = 240ml.

Recipe:

Mango Layer:

                           Take mango juice in a microwave safe bowl and sprinkle gelatin/agar-agar on it. Mix it gently and allow it to set for 10 mins. After 10 mins heat the juice with gelatin/agar-agar for a minute. U can do the same in stove top by keeping the juice in a sauce pan. Now pour this juice in 2 cups of mango puree and mix well. You can use fresh mango puree or a store bought one. Place the glasses at an angle. I used a muffin pan.You can achieve this by using egg carton or as per your own idea. Pour the mango mixture till the edge of the container used. Place the complete set up in the fridge and allow it to set for 2 to 3 hours. 

Vanilla Layer:

                           Once the mango layer is set, we can start preparing the vanilla layer. Vanilla layer preparation is similar to that of the mango layer. Sprinkle gelatin/agar-agar in the milk and stir gently. Allow it to set for 10 mins. After 10 mins, heat the milk mixture with salt and sugar. Heat the mixture until everything is well combined. Now add this mixture and vanilla essence to the heavy cream and stir well. Pour the vanilla mixture to the containers with the mango layer and allow the containers to 

set in the fridge for another 2-3 hours.

                            You can add few mango pieces on top while serving. The same recipe can be followed for any fruit. For example, for strawberry layer, use strawberry juice and strawberry puree. Also you can use your own creativity in layering. The above ingredients will yield around 6 cups. The picture is for reference only. I doubled the ingredients and used small containers, as I prepared for a kids party.