Lemongrass Panna Cotta

Making panna cotta is so easy! Heat up 2 cups of heavy cream over medium heat in a sauce pan. Dissolve in 1/4 cup of white sugar. When the sugar is dissolved, add in 1/2 cup of chopped lemongrass stems (use the greener parts), turn off the heat, and steep for half an hour. Remove the lemongrass stems.

Bloom one packet of gelatin powder in 3 tbsp of cold water. Let stand for 5-10 minutes.

Add the still warm lemongrass cream to the bloomed gelatin and stir until the gelatin dissolves.

Pour into containers. You can Pam-spray the containers beforehand if you want to unmold the panna cotta onto a dish for serving. If you want to serve the panna cotta in the dish in which it was chilled, pour the panna cotta into pretty glasses (wine glass, martini glass).

Chill for at least two hours. To unmold, run a knife along the edge of the chilling dish. Garnish with fresh berries, lemon basil, mint, etc.

Here's the link from which this recipe was adapted: http://http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2009/04/perfect-panna-cotta/

Enjoy!