You’re going to love this elegant and sweet Blood Orange Panna Cotta with Raspberry Coulis. Easy to make and delightfully fruity, it’s a sweet treat that pairs perfectly with tea or coffee.

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Simple and sweet, Blood Orange Panna Cotta with Raspberry Coulis is the perfect pairing to tea or coffee. This fruity dessert has delicate citrusy flavors and a sweet coulis to bring everything together. Blood oranges, essential oils, and infused olive oil uplift the flavors in this not-so-average panna cotta.

The citrus from the oranges cuts through the rich custard to create a sweet and light dessert. After it sets in the fridge overnight, it’s ready to be enjoyed next to the easy to make the raspberry coulis. It’s an elegant and surprisingly easy dessert you can make for the holidays, to impress guests, or for a special treat for yourself.

What is panna cotta?

Panna cotta translates to “cooked cream” and is a traditional molded Italian dessert. Delicious in the summertime, panna cotta is made from cream, gelatin, and vanilla, and left to firm up in the fridge for hours or days. It’s a surprisingly easy recipe, is great when you need to have a dessert ready ahead of time, and looks beautiful with a garnish of colorful berries and fruit.

What equipment do I need?

You need something to hold the individual servings of panna cotta, such as baking molds, ramekins, or glassware. You could eat it right from the glasses or mason jars you already have at home.

Panna Cotta ingredients

This recipe has all of the classic ingredients of a traditional recipe but with a few added extras to really amp up the flavor.

Here’s what you need:

Whipping cream
Unflavored gelatin
Sugar
Greek yogurt
Blood oranges
Orange Essential Oil

How to make blood orange panna cotta

The process of making a citrus flavored panna cotta is quite simple. You’ll need to allow the cream and gelatin to sit together first, then combine the rest of the ingredients before allowing the dessert to set in the fridge.

Here’s how to make it:

Combine the gelatin and cream: Place 1/4 cup of cream into a small bowl, sprinkle with gelatin, and let it stand to soften (about 10 minutes).
Dissolve the sugar: Pour the remaining cream and 1/2 cup of sugar into a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves, then remove from the heat. Stir in the blood orange zest, then squeeze in the juice from the cut oranges.
Mix everything together: Pour the orange cream mixture and softened gelatin into a large bowl and whisk to combine. Finish by adding in 10 drops of essential oil.
Leave to set: Place them in the fridge for several hours or overnight until they’re completely set.
Serve: Before serving add raspberry coulis and any other toppings you desire.

Raspberry Coulis Ingredients

Three ingredients is all it takes! This simple coulis recipe (also known as raspberry sauce) is sweet, tart, and perfect for all of your summer desserts.

This is what you need:

Sugar
Raspberries
Water

How to make raspberry coulis

Coulis is so easy to make and has a million uses. The leftovers can be drizzled over crepes, chocolate cake, or even yogurt for breakfast.

This is how to make it:

Boil sugar and water: Combine the sugar, berries, and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
Dissolve the sugar: When it comes up to heat, lower to medium-low heat and cook until the sugar is dissolved. Use a pastry brush dipped in water to brush down any sugar crystals on the side of the pan.
Cool and strain: Remove the pan from heat and leave it to cool completely. Once it’s cool, pour the coulis into a blender and puree until smooth. Lastly, strain it through a fine-mesh colander into a jar or bowl and discard the solids.

Recipe variations

You can substitute the whipping cream for half and half if that’s all you have.
Both full fat and non-fat Greek yogurt will work in this recipe. Or use coconut cream.
Don’t have essential oils? Feel free to leave them out and add in a little extra orange olive oil instead.
For more citrus flavor, use up to 3 blood oranges.

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