Panna cotta is one of the most famous and classical desserts. It comes from north Italy. It is prepared with cream heated with gelatine and other extra ingredients and served with fruit coulis. Even beginner chefs could handle this dessert. Maybe you will persuade your children to make it on their own?

For this dessert you may use seasonal fruits. Right now the best are strawberries but soon, you will be able to use raspberries, blueberries or cherries. Make a thick coulis from some of them and use it for decoration.

Ingredients:
250 ml of 30% sweet cream
250 ml of milk
80 g of sugar
10 g of gelatine
a couple of drops of vanilla essence
leaves of peppermint

0.3 kg of strawberries
1 teaspoon of caster sugar
1 teaspoon of lemon juice

Heat the milk, sweet cream, vanilla essence and peppermint leaves on a low heat. Don't boil them. Soak the gelatine in warm water. Remove the peppermint leaves from the warm milk and add the bulging gelatine. Mix it in very thoroughly. Pour the concoction into some small bowls and leave in the fridge for 2 hours. Clean the strawberries. Leave some nice fruit aside for decoration. Blend the rest with caster sugar and lemon juice. Immerse the bowl in hot water for a while to get the dessert out of the dish. Douse the dessert with strawberry mousse and decorate with the rest of the nice pieces of fruit.

Enjoy your meal!