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Baking is definitively another favorite activity for me. In the picture you can see my early attempts at my sourdough bread, and few of my favorite sweet desserts that I really enjoy. Linzer cookies and my grandma's bundt cake recipes are my comfort food that I return to bake quite often. Dandelion syrup is my spring project when dandelions bloom. And then there is the Panna Cotta. A dessert I was first introduced in a little coffee shop in my hometown. I would meet with my friends there every time I would visit my hometown. While sipping on cappuccino and catching up on our lives, we would eat the Panna Cotta with raspberries on top. 

I wanted to make Panna Cotta even when I was not in that little coffee place. So, I searched for a recipe. I have found one on Epicurious, about ten years ago. I printed the recipe out in 2015. It says that the recipe originally appeared in Gourmet in August 1997. I did some adjustments and added the raspberry sauce.

So here is my variation on that original recipe. I usually make the Panna Cotta one day and the raspberry sauce the following day. 

Ingredients: 
2 cups of heavy cream

1 cup of half and half

1/3 cup of sugar

2 tablespoons of cold water

1 envelope of unflavored gelatine (I use the Knorr variety) 

1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1 bag of frozen raspberries (or mixed berries)

1 tablespoon of sugar

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

In a small saucepan sprinkle gelatine over the water. 

In another saucepan heat cream, half and half and sugar. Bring to almost boil, stirring. Remove from heat. Heat the gelatine until it dissolves over a low heat. Remove from heat.

Dump the gelatine into the cream mixture, add vanilla extract and divide evenly between the bowls. 

Let sit until it cools down, then refrigerate. 

In a saucepan heat over low heat the bag of frozen berries with sugar and vanilla extract until the berries are breaking apart. Remove from heat.  

If you add the raspberry sauce while the Panna Cotta is not solid, it will mix together. If you wait until the Panna Cotta is solid, it will create the two layers.

Add fresh berries on top and enjoy :)