Vanilla Mango Panna Cotta

Per Nana~

Panna Cotta is something that I am not familiar with. 

I don't think I've come across it in my travels, but then again, 

I am usually in search of crème brûlée or a good mille-feuille. 

That said, this was a lovely dessert - very pretty and quite refreshing. 

Unfortunately, when I made it on Sunday I accidentally grabbed a package of 

yeast instead of gelatin. I could not understand why it was still not firming 

up after 4 plus hours. It wasn't until that evening that I noticed the unused 

package of gelatin as I reached into my pantry for something else.  

I did a makeover on Monday and was very pleased with the results. 

Jim and I both enjoyed this dessert. I prepared two glasses with the mango

 pureed base and then used two ramekins for a plain, fruit free version.

 Both desserts were delicious. 

Per Tricia~

We are deep into our first blackberry season at the house and with the 

abundance of this fruit I naturally opted out of the mango version of this 

dessert. Frankly I was delighted to find a new recipe for using up the 

blackberries and this one was utterly delicious. No surprise since it

 consists of vanilla bean, cream and sugar among other things.....

Quick and easy, the most challenging part of the preparation was giving 

the cream enough time to adequately cool so that it was not melting and

 co-mingling with the blackberry base.

My taste testers loved this recipe and it is a keeper. 

I also look forward to preparing this for company since guests always seem

 to get a kick out of the individual portions created especially for them. 

This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group.  Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "Baking Chez Moi".  Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com