Greek Honey Yogurt Panna Cotta Recipes

HONEY-YOGURT PANNA COTTA

Steps:

• Place cream and sugar in a medium saucepan. With a paring knife, split vanilla bean lengthwise; scrape out seeds, and add to cream along with empty pod (if using vanilla extract, add to yogurt mixture in step 4).
• Bring cream to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Cover pan, remove from heat, and set aside to steep, at least 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place 1/2 cup cold water in a small bowl, and sprinkle gelatin over water; set aside to soften, at least 5 minutes. In a large bowl, whisk yogurt, honey, and salt until combined; set aside.
• Return cream to a boil. Remove from heat, and immediately stir in softened gelatin until dissolved. Pour mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into yogurt-honey mixture; mix until combined.
• Divide mixture among eight 4- to 6-ounce ramekins. Chill until firm, at least 4 hours and up to 2 days.
• To serve, unmold each panna cotta from its ramekin: Run a paring knife around the top inner edge of ramekin, then dip bottom of ramekin in a bowl of boiling water for 10 seconds. Invert ramekin onto serving plate. Holding ramekin tightly to plate, shake firmly to release panna cotta. Drizzle with honey before serving.

GREEK YOGURT PANNA COTTA WITH GRILLED HONEYED FIGS AND WHITE NECTARINES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water and let stand 5 minutes. Meanwhile, bring the cream, sugar, and vanilla bean and seeds to a simmer in a medium pan. Stir in the gelatin and remove from heat. In a second bowl, whisk the yogurt until smooth. Strain the warm vanilla cream, discarding the vanilla bean, and add to the yogurt, whisking to combine. Pour into 6 small ramekins or serving dishes and refrigerate at least 3 hours. Spray a grill with nonstick grill spray (a grill pan can be used) and bring to medium-high heat. Just before serving, grill the fig halves and nectarine slices just until grill marks appear and fruit is warm and lightly caramelized, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Remove from the grill or grill pan, drizzle with honey, and serve on top of panna cotta.

HONEY NUT PANNA COTTA

Steps:

• Dissolve the gelatin in 2 tablespoons warm water and set aside to bloom.
• In a small skillet over medium heat, bring the gelatin mixture, cream, milk, cinnamon, vanilla, honey and cereal to a simmer. Remove from the heat and let steep for 5 minutes to marry the flavors.
• Place the yogurt in a large bowl. Strain the milk mixture over the yogurt and whisk to combine. Divide among eight 1/2-cup parfait glasses or ramekins and chill for at least 2 hours.
• Combine the strawberries, lemon juice and sugar in a small bowl, and let macerate while the panna cotta sets.
• Serve the panna cotta with the macerated berries.

GREEK HONEY & YOGURT PANNA COTTA

Steps:

• Combine the yogurt, crème fraiche, and honey in a stainless steel bowl and whisk until the ingredients come together.
• Set aside at room temperature.
• Bloom the gelatin: In a small bowl sprinkle the gelatin over 2 1/2 tablespoons of water.
• Set it aside.
• Allow the mixture to sit for 10 minutes. (The gelatin will soak up all the water and expand into a gummy paste.).
• Cook the egg white custard: In a small heavy saucepan, combine the milk, cream, and 1/2 cup of the sugar; bring this mixture to a simmer.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the egg whites and the remaining sugar.
• Remove the hot milk mixture and, with a ladle, add a little bit to the egg whites, whisking constantly.
• Slowly add the egg white mixture into the hot milk/cream, stirring constantly.
• Cook this mixture over medium heat, continuously stirring and scraping the bottom of the pot with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon.
• The custard is done when it thickens enough to coat the wooden spoon.
• Remove the custard from the heat and stir in the bloomed.
• gelatin.
• Slowly whisk the custard for one minute, dissolving anysmall clumps of gelatin.
• Pour the custard through a mesh strainer and chill it over ice until it comes to room temperature.
• Once the custard has cooled off, using a whisk, combine the yogurt-crème fraiche mixture with the custard.
• Whisk gently but briskly until the ingredients are homogeneous and smooth.
• Pour the custard into 12 3- or 5-ounce ramekins and tap them on the counter so that the custard settles and flattens on top.
• Refrigerate custards for at least two hours or up to two days before serving.