Panna Cotta

Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
• 2 tablespoons cold water
• 3 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup sour cream (8 oz. container)

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water; let stand for 5 minutes.
• 2 in a 3-qt. saucepan, warm the cream with the sugar, salt, and vanilla over medium-high heat. do not let it boil!
• 3 stir in the gelatin until throughly dissolved.
• 4 take the cream off the heat and cool about 5 minutes.
• 5 put the sour cream in a medium bowl.
• 6 gently whisk in the warm cream a little at a time until smooth.
• 7 taste for sweetness; it may need another teaspoon of sugar.
• 8 rinse 2/3 cup ramekins, custard cups, or coffee cups with cold water (do not wipe out).
• 9 fill each one 3/4 full with the cream.
• 10 chill for 4-24 hours.
• 11 to serve, either unmold by packing cups in hot towels and then turning each out on a dessert plate, or serve in their containers.
• 12 serve alone or with fruit, drizzled liqueor, or purred raspberries.