“As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?”
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[print_this]Recipe: Dark Chocolate Cream with Coffee Panna Cotta
Summary: Indulgent and ever so pleasing, this Dark Chocolate Cream with Coffee Panna Cotta offers a match made in heaven. Set in glass goblets to enjoy its visual appeal! The dark chocolate cream on it’s own is quite indulgent too.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes {plus setting time}
Ingredients:
- Dark Chocolate Cream
- 300ml low fat cream
- 125gm dark chocolate, chopped {I used 70% couverture}
- 25ml honey
- 25g good quality cocoa powder
- 10ml Kahlúa {optional}
- Coffee Panna Cotta
- 300ml low fat cream
- 125 ml whole milk
- 2 tsp gelatin
- 1 1/2 tbsp instant coffee powder
- 1/2 cup brown sugar {use slightly less first, then adjust as required }
Method:
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Dark Chocolate Cream
- Place the cream, chocolate and honey in a large heat proof bowl. Microwave for 1 minute, stir until smooth.
- Whisk in the cocoa powder and Kahlúa if using.
- Place 6 wine glasses at a slant in a loaf pan, and pour the chocolate mixture into them. Leave these to set in the fridge for 2-3 hours till they hold shape.
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Coffee Panna Cotta
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Sprinkle the gelatin over a 1/4 cup of milk and place the bowl over hot water for gelatin to melt.
- Bring the cream, sugar, coffee powder & remaining milk to a simmering boil over low heat, simmer for 5 minutes.
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Take cream mixture off heat, whisk in the gelatin until mixed uniformly. Adjust sugar if required. Cool to room temperature and then pour over the set dark chocolate mousse.
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Chill until set for at least 4 hours, or overnight. Top with dark chocolate curls dusted with cocoa powder.
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Hi Deeba !!!
Love your clicks as usual !!
I must confess I’m not too much of a panna cotta person but this looks divine and i’m going to try this out this weekend.
Though, please tell me, where I can buy good dark chocolate for cooking.
What brands do you use?
Here mostly I find compounds and not real chocolates.
love
G.
Hey Gauri, Great to see you and sorry I tempted you. Amul does a good dark couverture { I think it’s sold under bitter}. I buy a brand of couverture called Cocoacraft from down south. I think it’s available at Natures Basket, La Marche and Modern Bazaar etc. They have an online store as well and that is where I buy it from – http://cocoacraft.in/
Hope this helps
xo D
They look fantastic! I will be trying them sometime definitely!
Every time I come and visit your blog I get new ideas and inspiration! I absolutely love how you style Deeba! 🙂 Keep inspiring.
Dolphia xoxo. Thank you
My chocolate cream didn’t set up! Hoping it’s salvageable as a dessert.
Hi,
I tried to make a panna cotta with 1 cup milk and 1 cup cream with 4gm powdered gelatin. Didn’t work. Any tips?
I think it might be the quality of gelatin. 4g seems a little less though. Can you go with tsp measures?