We Made it to France! (Plus a must-make summer dessert!)

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

vanilla bean

🥗Healthier: vanilla extract

💰Cheaper: vanilla essence

Vanilla extract is easier to find and less expensive.

fruit puree

🥗Healthier: fresh fruit

💰Cheaper: canned fruit

Fresh fruit provides natural sweetness and flavor.

Welcome to the French kitchen and introduction to the recipe.

Introduce the dessert: panna cotta with red fruits (fre Rouge).

Discuss the fruits used: raspberries, strawberries, and rhubarb.

Mention that if rhubarb is unavailable, substitute with 360 grams or 2 3/4 cups of any fruit.

Combine all fruits in a saucepan.

Add 1/4 cup of white granulated sugar and 2 tablespoons of water to the saucepan.

Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of freshly grated lemon zest to the mixture.

Stir the mixture to combine sugar, zest, and water.

Cover the saucepan to steam the rhubarb and soften it.

Cook until the mixture becomes foamy and fragrant, then pour it into a heat-safe bowl.

Cool the fruit mixture, cover it, and refrigerate.

Discuss serving vessels for panna cotta, mentioning they can serve eight people with half-cup portions.

Introduce the panna cotta ingredients: 1 liter of heavy cream, 1 cup of white granulated sugar.

Add two vanilla beans to the cream and sugar mixture.

Stir the mixture on medium-high heat until the sugar dissolves and bubbles form.

Soak gelatin sheets in cold water until they soften, resembling plastic wrap.

Check the cream mixture for sugar dissolution and vanilla specks.

Add the softened gelatin sheets to the cream mixture, stirring until dissolved.

Strain the mixture for a smooth texture.

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