Panna Cotta

Panna Cotta with Chocolate mousse

Another dessert time.
 
By now you must have realized I was not lying when I said I can eat my dessert course before my main course. I really have a sweet tooth. Today, I am going to share one more of my favorite desserts of all time. Its Panna cotta time.

Panna Cotta is an extremely dessert to make. It will take maybe 10 minutes to mix together and the rest of the time to set.

Panna Cotta is basically Italian for cooked cream. And again this is one of the recipes that I got while watching TLC. Donna Hay one of my favorite food writer had a show called Fast,Fresh and Simple. It is exactly as it sounds. She showed how to make Buttermilk Panna Cotta. It is the best thing ever. When I made the Panna cotta it turned perfectly delicious. I didn’t make any change to it other than serving it with berries.

The best thing I feel about Panna cotta is you can make variations to it to match your taste. Like add espresso to have a nice coffee taste or maybe add vanilla for a classic taste. Add chocolate to it or even add jelly. It just goes perfect with anything.

Doesn’t take much time and is ready in a jiffy.

This is a direct link to the recipe as I will not want to make any changes to it. 

Eggplant when chicken goes to work!

I like to eat everything now as a grown adult, but as a kid I was no different than the other kids. A fussy eater. My mom would cook eggplant very often and try to feed me but she never really succeeded. One day she finally gave up.

I usually did watch a lot of TLC growing up and there is a chef that I really liked watching. He had the most easiest and simple food recipes ever. So one time he made this amazing smoked eggplant dip. The way he was talking about it made me want try that right away. I tried this smoked eggplant dip which turned out to be absolutely delicious and easy to make. 

Eggplant, is called aubergine in France. This vegetable was always loved for its beautiful looking purple colour and a unique texture and taste. At the beginning in Europe, people used eggplant as a decorative plant in the garden. Well I would do that too, I love the colour purple and anything that is purple. Talking about its beauty Eggplant does have many nutritional values like it is a very good source of vitamin B, vitamin K, vitamin B6 and other good stuff.

From this I learned that the most powerful way to convert an eggplant hater is to fry it (I mean the eggplant, not the person who hates it). It is a less messy way to  make dip. It is velvety, smoky and tangy that will impress many an eggplant-hating guest.

I am your biggest Flan.

If you are looking to impress someone with you are dessert and want something that will not take very much of your time. Then you have got to learn to make a Caramel Flan. I won't lie about the hard work you will have to put it to caramelize the sugar, watch it every second because if it stays one second longer you can burn it and one second because is not well done but when you bake it and flip it over the pretty looking flan is mesmerizing. 

If you have known me for a long time I have most definitely made this you at least one. This is a recipe I got from my mother when I was in 8th grade and I have been making it ever since.

This simple caramel custard is eaten in many country around the world and has many version to it. Also, it has many names like caramel flan in Spanish speaking countries, caramel custard or caramel pudding, but no matter what you call it, one thing is I am sure of, this is a very simple yet sophisticated recipe that will bring style to the dessert course.