Panna Cotta, Italian cream dessert

Panna cotta literally means cooked cream, and that is exactly what this dessert is, cream cooked with sugar and vanilla, set with gelatin, and served cold with fruit sauce or caramel.

It originates from Piedmont in northern Italy. The key is the right ratio of cream to gelatin, the dessert should be just firm enough to hold its shape but wobble at the touch of a spoon. The most popular version is vanilla with strawberry coulis.