Mastiha-Flavored Panacotta

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If you can’t find this rare, delicious spoon sweet, you can top the panna cotta with any Greek spoon sweet, called glyka tou koutaliou, which you can find, together with a lovingly curated array of Greek ingredients on my online store here.citrus-flavored Greek fruit preserve or with fresh fruit and a drizzling of honey.

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Mastiha-Flavored Panacotta

By Diane Kochilas

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Servings

Aegean Islands, Recipes, Sweets & Desserts

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Servings

Aegean Islands, Recipes, Sweets & Desserts

Ingredients

2 cups milk
1 cup heavy cream
3-4 drops Mastiha essential oil
Strips of zest from one lemon
4 tsp. powdered unflavored gelatin
½ cup sugar
12-18 tsp. Chios mandarin spoon sweet
4 Tbsp. Greek honey or Mastiha-flavored honey

Instructions

1. Combine 2 ¾ cups of the milk, cream, Mastiha, and zest in a medium saucepan and heat, covered, until the liquid comes to a boil. Remove from heat and let the mixture stand for one hour.
2. Sprinkle the powdered gelatin over the remaining quarter cup of milk to soften.
3. Bring the milk-cream mixture back to a boil and remove from heat. Pour in the gelatin mixture and the sugar and whisk until smooth. Strain into a pitcher. Pour the panna cotta mixture into six 1/2 –cup ramekins and chill until set, for at least two hours.
4. To serve: Run a knife around each of the ramekins to loosen the panna cotta and invert onto a serving plate. Top with 2-3 teaspoons of the Chios mandarin spoon sweet and drizzle with a little honey. Serve immediately.

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Adapted from From my book, MastihaCuisine. Available at the MastihaShop

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