Pannacotta with Fresh Raspberries

This is a wonderful Italian dessert that has swept the world in the last two decades and why not? It is easy to make, has a wonderful affinity with fresh fruit and, even if you put all that aside, it simply tastes divine. ‘Panna’ in Italian means cream and ‘cotta’ means cooked. Therefore, it is cooked cream and, unlike many French desserts of the same ilk, it doesn’t contain eggs. It is only the gelatine that holds the dish together. It has quite a different texture to custards and bavarois