Matcha Tea Panna Cotta with Milk Chocolate Sauce

Name: Matcha Tea Panna Cotta with Milk Chocolate Sauce
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 4 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 sheets gelatine; 350 ml (12 fl oz) thin (pouring/whipping) cream; 1 vanilla bean; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) full-cream (whole) milk; 2–3 tablespoons caster (superfine) sugar; 200 ml (7 fl oz) thin (pouring/whipping) cream; About 2 teaspoons matcha green tea powder; 100 g (3½ oz) milk chocolate, roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
4 hr 30

Appears in

100 Desserts to Die For

By Trish Deseine

Published 2016

About

This very chic dessert is a pretty colour combination and gives you a chance to use match a green tea powder, which is sometimes difficult to work with.

Ingredients

For the panna cotta:

2 sheets gelatine
1 vanilla bean
350 ml (

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

MAKE THE PANNA COTTA. Soak the sheets of gelatine in a bowl of cold water for a few minutes. Split the vanilla bean in two lengthways.

PLACE THE CREAM AND VANILLA BEAN IN A SAUCEPAN AND BRING TO THE BOIL. Remove from the heat before adding the sugar. Stir well to dissolve the sugar. Squeeze out any excess water from the sheets of gelatine and add them to the cream mixture.