Ok, this is not really a "user recipe." This is Steve's recipe with my variation. But oh wow was it good! My picture doesn't do it justice. Actually the picture is terrible
I made the Panna Cotta base that Steve experimented with the other day. I added instant coffee to the hot cream before adding the bloomed gelatin. Ihen topped it with some ChocZero chocolate syrup for serving. Heavenly!
I have made this recipe several times now since Steve's YouTube release and served it to a neighbor friend recuperating from surgery and another couple who came for dinner last night. It was a hit each time.
My variation to Steve's original - Use homemade Almond milk in lieu of the Dairy milk. Use fresh cream (I get it from a local farm, I have to spoon it out of the jar). Use unsweetened Kool-aid powder. Use monk fruit for sweetener. It was delicious. Here is my adapted recipe:
2 tsp gelatin
3 TB Cool water
112 gr heavy fresh cream (1/2 cup)
112 store pouring heavy cream (1/2 cup)
226 Almond Milk (1 cup)
1/4 tsp pure Monkfruit powder
1/4 tsp Koolaid powder (your flavor of choice - I have used lemon and Black cherry)
- Sprinkle the gelatin over the water. Give a quick stir. (Blooming the gelatin) Let sit for 5 minutes.
- In medium saucepan over medium heat, warm the milk, cream, & monkfruit. Stir occasionally until the cream and milk are fully melted together. Do not boil.
- Just when the bubbles appear around the edge of the liquid, remove from the heat.
- Stir in the gelatin and koolaid powder and continue until thoroughly mixed.
- Pour into chilled ramekins and place in fridge to set up - at least 2 hours.
When ready to serve, place ramekin in warm water for 30 seconds-ish. Remove and release onto a plate with the help of a thin spreader. Top as desired. We also just ate it out of the ramekin plain.
- I topped the Black cherry with fresh Bing cherries halves and whipped cream.
- I topped the lemon with a tablespoon of keto-fied lemon curd, fresh blackberries and whipped cream.
Hi SimpleTruths, there aren't many women here in Steve's beta testers group. So nice to meet you!
The powdered koolaide is a good idea. I was also thinking about extracts like cherry extract or lemon extract or what have you. I'll look to see what flavors are available at the grocery.
Your cream sounds great. Mine is ultrapasturized out of a carton 🙁
@oevans - I was nice to see you here as well. On the cream - use what you can get, right? It is harder and harder to find non ultra-pasturized products any more. I often call on my dairy department manager to thank him/her for keeping at least one brand of milk that is not ultra-pasturized. My hubs drinks whole milk and I will not buy the UP kind.
For good milk & milk products, look at your local farm store if you have one near by. We are finding raw bottled milk & cream often at those stores more recently.
The Kool-aid powder has a bit of maltitol in it but no aspartame or other toxic sweeteners. I use so little that I am saying it is ok for me to get the flavor I want. For 33 cents, not perfect, but close enough. The flavors are strong so a little bit goes a long way making that 33 cents stretch even further. Happy experimenting!
I do actually have other stores where I can shop and get better quality cream, cheese, etc. Not that the Giant doesnt have quality food, but I could shop stores that get their food from small local farms etc. It is more expensive to shop those stores, but I am noticing that I am spending a lot less money on food than I used to b.k. (before keto). I don't eat 3 meals per day, I don't eat as much, and I eat out much less often. So it might end up not costing more in the long run to shop those expensive stores.
in my humble opinion, you are having that koolaid in very small amounts and seldom. and it is giving you a fun treat to have at the end of the day that probably helps keep you motivated to stay keto. So I say enjoy the treat!
