Easy Honey Panna Cotta

Sweet, creamy, and decadent- this honey panna cotta recipe is surprisingly easy to make and yet, so elegant and fancy.

A creamy and rich panna cotta, topped with a golden band of honey jelly is what makes this dessert look so fancy and perfect for those times when you’re entertaining. What’s best is the fact that this honey panna cotta recipe needs just a few simple kitchen tools and ingredients to put together- you just can’t go wrong with it.

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Ingredients For the Recipe
How to Make the Honey Panna Cotta
Frequently Asked Questions
Tips to Make the Honey Panna Cotta
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Ready to give the recipe a shot? Here’s all you need to know about it before you do.

Ingredients For the Recipe

You’ll need two sets of ingredients to put this honey panna cotta together.

For the panna cotta:

4 tablespoon milk
2 ¼ teaspoon gelatin
2 cups heavy cream
1 vanilla bean (or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract)
⅓ cup honey
⅓ cup sugar
2 teaspoon lemon juice
2 cups plain Greek yogurt

For the honey jelly:

1 teaspoon gelatin
2 tablespoon water
⅓ cup honey
1 cup water

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How to Make the Honey Panna Cotta

Got all your kitchen tools and ingredients ready? Here’s what you need to do next to make the honey panna cotta from scratch.

To make the panna cotta, pour the milk into a small bowl, add the gelatin, stir and allow it rest for 5 minutes.

In a pot over medium heat, add the heavy cream, vanilla, honey, and sugar until it starts to boil.

Remove it from the heat and allow it to cool for 10 minutes. Then add the gelatin mixture and mix until it is melted.

Add the lemon juice and stir.

Add the plain greek yogurt and stir again until the mixture is well mixed. Pour the mixture into serving glasses, leaving some space on the top.

Leave it in the fridge to chill for 3 hours.

For the jelly combine the water and the gelatin, mix it and leave it for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in a pot over medium heat, combine the honey with the water mixing constantly until it begins to boil.

Remove it from the heat and pour the gelatin in. Stir until the gelatin melts.

Pour the mixture over the glass as final layer

Pour the mixture on the top of the glasses and leave it to chill for another hour.

Decorate with caramelized decorations.

To make the decorations you will only need caster sugar.

Place the sugar in a pot over medium heat and watch until it starts melting.

With a spoon make the wanted decorations over a baking paper of making some other shapes. Be careful because the sugar will be really hot.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Can I Use Instead of Gelatin?

Agar is the best replacement for gelatin in almost all panna cotta recipes. Remember that the ratio of each of these ingredients is not the same- you cannot replace 2 tablespoon of gelatin for 2 tablespoon of agar.

How Do I Store the Honey Panna Cotta?

Your honey panna cotta can be refrigerated and stored for up to 4 days. If you’re setting it in individual dessert glasses, you can cover the glasses with some cling wrap to keep the panna cotta fresh.

Can I Skip the Greek Yogurt?

While traditional panna cotta recipes don’t call for the use of Greek yogurt as an ingredient, this recipe does. The Greek yogurt adds a nice bit of extra creaminess to the dessert and also balances out the sweetness of the honey with some tanginess it provides.
Plus, Greek yogurt is super healthy too. If you don’t have it or just don’t want to use it, you could totally skip it too.

What Toppings Can I Try?

This flavorful honey panna cotta tastes great on its own, but you can also take a few extra minutes to make that easy spun sugar topping on it if you want to. If the spun sugar topping isn’t what you had in mind, you can try topping the panna cotta with some slivered almonds or chopped walnuts, or any other dried fruits or nuts of your choice.
Fresh fruits (think berries and apricots) can also make for an excellent topping for the panna cotta, especially if you’re trying to make it a healthy dessert. If you have the time, you can also make a fruit sauce of your choice, allow it to cool down before you pour it over the panna cotta.
If you can’t think of anything else, just sprinkle some white chocolate shavings on the top!

Tips to Make the Honey Panna Cotta

The panna cotta is easy to make no doubt, but keeping these little tips and tricks in mind will help you nail the recipe.

The panna cotta is super silky and creamy dessert, which is why, bringing in a bit of texture can really take it up a notch. You can serve the panna cotta with some homemade toffee crumbs or garnish it with anything else that’s crunchy and adds a bit of texture.
You can pour and set the panna cotta mixtures into individual serving glasses if you want to keep it easy and straightforward, but if you don’t mind a bit of extra effort, pour the mixtures into greased ramekins and allow it to set. Then, get it out into a small serving plate and top it with your choice of toppings and dig in.
You can also just make it lot less of an effort by just setting the panna cotta in a big serving bowl and handing out spoons for everyone to take their bites.
Refrigerate the panna cotta for atleast 3-4 hours for it to firm up and set completely. Overnight refrigeration is ideal, because it also allows the flavors to develop nicely.
To make the dessert look extra fancy without a lot of effort, you can just pour the panna cotta mixture into glasses that are held in a slightly slanted position. Allow the panna cotta to set that way before you straighten the glasses and pour in the honey jelly mixture.

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Recipe

Yield: 8 Servings