Publication-approved historical recipe

Panna cotta aux fruits rouge

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Ingredients

  • 500 g mixed red berries such as raspberries, pitted cherries and blackberries
  • 4 tsp fresh lime juice
  • 120 g brown sugar
  • 600 ml double cream
  • 200 ml whole milk
  • 2 Madagascan vanilla pods, seeds only
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 2 tbsp orange blossom honey
  • 4 sheets of leaf gelatine
  • Mint, to decorate

Method

  1. Mix the red berries with the lime juice and brown sugar, cover and chill for several hours.
  2. Warm the cream, milk, vanilla and honey to a gentle simmer. Soak the gelatine leaves in cold water until soft, then squeeze dry.
  3. Stir the gelatine into the hot cream until dissolved and strain into a jug.
  4. Divide between serving glasses and chill until set. Spoon over the macerated fruit and finish with mint.