Earl Grey Panna Cotta
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Afternoon tea is a perfect excuse to drink tea and eat desserts, but you can enjoy both of them with this silky, creamy, and earthy Earl Grey Panna Cotta recipe all at once.
If you feel like my Tea Infused Panna Cotta recipes are too eccentric, maybe you will find this Earl Grey Panna Cotta perfect for your tastebud. A creamy panna cotta is the perfect dessert to infuse with this tea. It is sort of like a vanilla canvas waiting to become even tastier with the addition of tea. You need to try this dessert, really because it tastes so good.
The milk and cream in the panna cotta are infused with earl grey tea. You will be able to taste the perfumey bergamot notes when you take a bite of this decadent mini treat. Eating this tea-infused panna cotta is like drinking your afternoon tea and enjoying your cold dessert in a cup.
About Earl Grey
Earl Grey tea is one of the most recognized flavored teas in the world. It is a tea blend that has been flavored with the addition of oil of bergamot orange. Bergamot is a citrus fruit with the appearance and flavor somewhere between an orange and a lemon with a little grapefruit and lime thrown in. The rind’s fragrant oil is added to black tea to give earl grey its unique taste. The tea has been used as a flavoring for many types of cakes and confectionery.
About Earl Grey Panna Cotta
For making this recipe, you will need to steep the earl grey tea in the hot cream mixture for at least 15 minutes. I believe that you can find earl grey in loose-leaf or regular tea bag form. Instead of using regular tea bags that can come in any size, I prefer using earl grey loose leaf tea
. I need to measure the exact amount for the recipe, so I opted with using the loose-leaf.
The infusion flavor tastes bright, complex steep with a subtle aroma and deep flavor of the earthy black tea as well as notes of the bergamot orange. It tastes like earl grey milk tea in the panna cotta form. It’s a wonderful dessert to make for a crowd and have your guests remark at the different nuances in flavor.
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Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (180 ml) whole milk
- 2 cups (480 ml) heavy cream
- 1/4 cup (50 gr) granulated sugar
- 3 sheets gelatin
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup (15 gr) loose leaf earl grey tea
Instructions
- If you plan to unmold the panna cotta onto plates, lightly grease the inside of the glasses with vegetable oil and use a paper towel to wipe out most of the oil, leaving only a light residue. Otherwise, you can leave them uncoated.
- Soak the gelatin sheets in cold water until soft. Set aside.
- In a medium saucepan, heat milk, heavy cream, and sugar until simmer (do not boil). Remove from the heat.
- Squeeze gelatin to remove any excess water and add it to the pan, stirring constantly until the gelatin is melted.
- Add vanilla extract and loose leaf tea. Allow the mixture to steep for 10-15 minutes.
- Strain the mixture through a fine sieve and pour evenly among the prepared molds. Refrigerate until set for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- To remove from the mold, dip the bottom of the mold into a pot of hot water for 5 seconds to loosen the panna cotta. Slide a knife around the edge, then carefully turn over onto a serving plate.
Has anyone tried using flavored gelantin like Jello? I am trying this recipe tonight and so looking forward to dessert time!!
Hi Jacinta,
Could you use a packet of gelatine for this recipe instead of a sheet? I’ve looked all over and can’t find gelatine sheets. How should I do that?
Hi Mel,
As a general rule, 1 (0.25 oz.) packet of granulated gelatin = 1 tablespoon powdered gelatin = 3 sheets leaf gelatin. It means 1 sheet leaf gelatin is about 1 teaspoon powdered gelatin. This should be a fairly safe substitution ratio.
To use granulated gelatin, place cold water in a small bowl and sprinkle with gelatine while whisking with a fork. Set aside for 5 minutes or until spongy. Then, you can add the bloomed gelatine once your cream mixture is hot.
Hi, How many calories per pannacotta?
Thanks
Hi, Katrina. I am not sure about that because I don’t understand how to calculate calories. One thing for sure is that a serving (I use 150 ml mold) is more or less about 1/2 cup (120ml).