This delicious Panna Cotta tastes and smells like a wonderful thyme infusion! The honey and the raspberry sauce make this dessert even more fabulous and full of great flavours!
Hello October! The month of the colourful leaves, warm scarfs, pretty umbrellas, stylish trench coats and hot tea. As much as I love the summer, the autumn always gives me warm comfort and coziness which I enjoy a lot. And as we are talking about tea, how many of you like drinking herbal infusions?
How did I come up with this recipe
I grew up drinking different varieties of herb infusions. Dried linden tree flowers and thyme infusions were usually served for breakfast at my grandma's house. I loved so much the flavour of thyme that I made it the star of this dessert.
What is special about thyme
What is well known about herbal infusions is that some of them are really helpful for specific health conditions. When my son was younger I started giving him rosa canina and mint but recently I also introduced thyme.
Thyme is very good for you as it contains multiple antioxidants. It also has anti-inflammatory effect and helps against cough. In addition it can have a positive effect to immunity as it contains several vitamins and minerals… And if you are not convinced yet that thyme is a miracle herb, remember that it can also make certain foods taste nicer!
And so I decided to prepare a healthy and tasty panna cotta - a Thyme Infused Panna Cotta with honey. For even richer and tastier experience I topped it with raspberry sauce and decorated with fresh raspberries.
Is this recipe healthy
This is a perfect example of a dessert that is tasty and also good for your health. Indeed, there is sugar in the raspberry sauce but if you want to make it even healthier, you can boil the raspberries unsweetened and add some honey or maple syrup after removing them from the stove. Or why not use stevia, xylitol or erythritol instead!
I hope you liked this recipe! If you made it, please let me know in the comments how it went!
And if you like panna cotta, you may also like the following recipes:
- Honey Lemon Panna Cotta with Blueberry Jam
- Layered Panna Cotta
- Keto Carrot Cake with Coconut Panna Cotta {dairy-free}
📝 Recipe
Thyme Infused Panna Cotta with Raspberry Sauce
Ingredients
For the panna cotta:
- ⅞ cup / 200 ml heavy cream
- ⅞ cup /200 ml milk
- 2 tsp/ 0,25 oz envelope /7 g gelatine powder
- 3 tablespoon water
- 2,5 tablespoon /50 g honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 thyme teabags, with no additives or 2 tablespoon dried thyme
For the raspberry sauce:
- 1,5 cups / 200 g fresh or frozen raspberries
- 2 tbs sugar
Instructions
Panna Cotta
- In a small cup combine gelatine and 3 tablespoon water. Let stay for 5 minutes.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat or in a cup in the microwave heat the milk until almost boiling. Place inside the thyme teabags (or dried herb) and cover with a lid. Let stay for 5-10 minutes and then remove the bags (or pass the milk through a fine sieve to remove the herbs).
- In a heatproof bowl combine cream, infused milk, honey and gelatine. Place the bowl over a pan of gently simmering water. Whisk the mixture until both honey and gelatine are completely dissolved: it should become hot but not boiling.
- Pour the panna cotta into small ramequins or cups, filling them about ¾ full. Cover with plastic wrap. Let cool in the fridge for 3-4 hours or until firm.
- Before serving top the panna cotta with raspberry sauce and decorate with fresh raspberries and basil or mint leaves.
Raspberry Sauce:
- In a small saucepan over medium heat combine raspberries and sugar. Whisk until the mixture starts to thicken: about 10-15 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let cool for 10-15 minutes. Process the raspberry mixture in a blender until almost smooth.
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