Panna Cotta

• 3 cups half-and-half
• 1 cup Crème Fraîche
• One 2-inch piece of vanilla bean<

Combine the half-and-half, crème fraîche, vanilla bean, sugar, and salt in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and warm over medium heat (do not boil). Stir to dissolve the sugar. Add the gelatin and stir well. Turn off the heat.

Fish out the vanilla bean, cut it lengthwise in half, and scrape out the seeds; add the seeds to the gelatin mixture. Cool to room temperature.

Ladle the cooled