Since Cherienne's party is coming up and there were no other dessert options in RACKS except for pound cake, I decided to just bring in the dessert. I wanted to do away with the usual party dessert like fruit salad, macaroni salad, chocolate fountain, cakes & pastries so I thought of having panna cotta. I tried contacting this stall that we saw in a food bazaar offering pannacotta but after weeks of waiting and trying, I did not get any response. So, searched for pannacotta recipes and was able to find several. With a list of things to buy in one hand and money on the other, I went to the grocery store to buy the ingredients. I tried experimenting with several kinds of milk and creams until I found the best one that gave a light finish to my home made pannacotta.
Ingredients:
Pannacotta
1L whipping cream
500ml half and half cream
¼ kg. white sugar
2tbsp. vanilla extract
clear, unflavored and unsweetened gelatin
250ml hot water
Toppings
Ripe mangoes cut into small cubes
Ripe kiwi sliced thinly
Peaches in can cut into small strips
Oreo cookies crushed
Maltesers crushed
How to make
1. Dissolve gelatin in hot water
2. Pour 1L of whipping cream into pan and simmer
3. Add 500ml of half and half cream
4. Stir in sugar making sure to dissolve completely
5. Add vanilla extract and bring to boil
6. Pour in dissolved gelatin in water stirring constantly to make sure that gelatin lumps have dissolved completely
7. Bring to boil and remove from fire
8. Pour into small cups making sure to leave some room for the toppings – 110ml clear cups
9. Leave the cups with pannacotta in room temp. to cool down
10. Once cooled down, top with prepared treats
11. Refrigerate and serve cold
my army of cooled down pannacotta
Pannacotta topped with fresh ripe cubed mangoes
Pannacotta topped with thinly sliced kiwi
Pannacotta topped with thinly sliced peaches
Pannacotta topped with crushed Oreo cookies
Pannacotta topped with Malteser
All of these goodies were served during Cherienne's birthday! Was so glad to hear very very good feedback from most of those who tried them. Now I am thinking of catering these goodies to parties. We'll see. 
Hi. Racks is also on my list of party venues for son's 1st birthday. How would you rate their party favors and loot bags, if you availed any, or both of these? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHello! I didn't get the loot bags that were optional in the package but bought the bag itself and some of the RACKS branded items from them... check out my other blog entry :
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