Coffee Panna Cotta & Lime Syrup

I cannot say no to a lovely, creamy, wobbly panna cotta. I made some for my brother & I, the flavour inspiration was a cup of coffee. In this panna cotta is instant coffee, cream, milk, vanilla extract & sugar. The lime syrup idea was from the Flavor Bible, according to the book coffee & lime go well together. Since I was serving the panna cotta the lime  syrup, I did not sweeten it alot. My brother totally loved this dessert, I did too.

The recipe below makes two small portions, you can scale it proportionally to suit the number of panna cotta portions  you would like. You could also substitute the instant coffee for a shot of espresso.

Coffee Panna Cotta

  • 150 mls milk, full fat is best.
  • 150 mls cream, chilled.
  • 3 tsps caster sugar.
  • 1 tsp granulated gelatin.
  • 1 tsp instant coffee. I used Dormans, love their coffee.
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract.
  1. In a small bowl combine the gelatin & a little water(about 4tbsp / 60mls). This is to let the gelatin granules bloom.
  2. In small saucepan, combine the coffee, sugar, vanilla extract & milk. Heat the milk to a rolling simmer, stir to make sure that coffee & sugar are dissolved. Pour the milk into a bowl.
  3. Add the bloomed gelatin to the warm milk in the bowl. Stir to dissolve the gelatin into the milk. Set aside for about 30 minutes or until milk is about room temperature.
  4. Stir in chilled cream.
  5. Pour into molds, and put into the fridge to set. This takes about 4 hours, I usually just leave it overnight in the fridge.

Lime Syrup

  • 2 limes
  • 200 grams sugar
  • 200 mls water
  1. Grate the zest from the limes, set the zest aside
  2. Combine the sugar & water in a saucepan, bring it to a boil, then simmer for a minute. Take the syrup off the heat.
  3. Add the zest & the juice of the two limes.
  4. Set the syrup aside to cool.

Putting it together

  1. Unmold the panna cotta on to a plate. If you having difficulty unmolding, dip the mold with the panna cotta into hot water for about 10 seconds.
  2. Drizzle the lime syrup on to the panna cotta… Done!
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