Mango Panna Cotta
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 20 minutes plus 6 hours setting time
Cooking time: 6 minutes
Makes 6x100ml pots of panna cotta
For Mango Layer
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300g/10.6ozs mango chunks
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30g/1oz caster or superfine sugar (add more if mangoes are not ripe)
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1 tablespoon water
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1 1/4 teaspoon gelatin powder
For Coconut Layer
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300ml/10.6flozs pure or thickened cream
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150ml/5flozs coconut cream
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100g/3.5ozs caster or superfine sugar
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2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
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1 tablespoon water
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1.5 teaspoons gelatin powder
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Extra mango, finely diced and fresh mint for decoration
Step 1 - Puree the mango chunks in a food processor until smooth and liquid. Add to a small saucepan along with the 30g/1oz sugar and stir in the sugar and dissolve. In a microwave proof wide bowl add the water and sprinkle the gelatin powder over the surface. Wait for 30 seconds to swell and then heat in microwave for 15 seconds until liquid. Pour into the mango puree and stir well.
Step 2 -Prep your glasses. Fold up a teatowel and place it on one side of a container or baking tin and see how the glasses will fit so that the filling can be angled without spilling and they will sit snugly. Pour the mango mixture into a jug and then carefully pour into the glass and then lean against the tea towel. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
Step 3 -In a small saucepan, heat the cream and coconut cream with the sugar and stir to dissolve the sugar. Add the vanilla bean paste. In a microwave proof wide bowl add the water and sprinkle the gelatin powder over the surface. Wait for 30 seconds to swell and then microwave for 15 seconds until liquid. Pour into the coconut cream and stir well. Allow to cool down at room temperature to 25C/77F or until cool to the touch but not set. Place in a jug.
Once the mango layer is set pour the coconut mixture on top of the mango. Refrigerate until set (2-3 hours). Add finely diced mango and mint on top and serve.
Mango Panna Cotta can be made up to 3 days ahead of time. Add the fresh mango and mint before serving.
- Other Mango Dessert Recipes
- Mango Sorbet
- Mango Pancakes
- Mango Sticky Rice
- Mangoes & Cream Sago Pudding
- Mangoes & Cream Zebra Striped Cheesecake
Storytime!
We've been lucky to have a bit of extended warmth as summer stretches into Autumn this year and I've been taking advantage of mangoes like Keitts and Brooks which are the last mangoes of the season. After the years of crazy rain it has been nice to have a summer that actually felt like summer. The occasional rainy day is quite nice to break the sweltering heat.
We also had a little surprise in our house the other day, perhaps a result of a rainy day. It was a tiny green frog in our bathroom! Mr NQN sent me a picture of it as I was away. "Is the frog in our bathroom?" I asked him surprised. I've never seen a frog inside before.
"What have you been doing while I've been away?" I asked him. Because he is a hippy, country boy at heart and well who knows what he does.
He explained that apparently frogs can get into the sewerage pipes and make their way into bathrooms. "So do we have a pet frog now?!" I said excitedly.
Sadly he released froggy into the garden where apparently froggy already has friends. And I can only imagine the story that froggy told their friends when they returned of where they had been!
So tell me Dear Reader, have you ever found a frog inside your house?