Dragon Fruit Coconut Panna Cotta in a Tart is a delectable dessert! Yes, silky smooth panna cotta in a crunchy crust is so delicious and delightful with subtle flavour.
Basically Panna Cotta is an Italian Chilled Dessert popular throughout Italy, is easy to make with cream, sugar,vanilla and gelatin or Agar agar. Typically Panna Cotta is made with Gelatin (made from pork cartilage ). In this recipe ,I replace gelatin with agar-agar,a vegetable derivative suitable for vegetarians too.
Panna Cotta is also prepared with other milk such as,Whole fat milk ,Yogurt, Almond milk Coconut milk etc. It is a fancy dessert by it’s look and every spoonful of creamy textured custard of Panna Cotta perfectly matches any toppings like fresh fruits, crunchy Praline,Berry Coulis etc.
I love Panna cotta and have tried with almost all the fruits and served with toppings such as praline,berry coulis,caramel sauce,chocolate sauce etc. Dragon fruit is one fruit,I was longing to try with coconut milk and the wait is over. The combination is so different and I LOVE every bite or spoonful so much with home made pie crust . Home made pie crust is so easy and simple to make and it gives the best crust than store bought.
How to make Home made Pie Crust?
All you need is good Tart pan with a removable base or silicon pie mould,All purpose flour,cold butter, powdered sugar and ice cold water is all needed for pie crust ,which is easily available in pantry. Together add all the ingredients and gently rub with your fingers and when it forms a crumbly dough wrap in a cling wrap and refrigerate for an hour.After chilling time roll the dough according to pie pan size and bake it for 20 to 30 mins at 180 C. Beautiful crispy pie crust is all ready to fill Panna Cotta.
Secondly, making Dragon fruit Coconut Pannacotta is also a simple process. Boil full fat milk with sugar and cardamom and let it boil for few minutes. Add in coconut milk and stir for a minute. Now add Agar agar (vegetable derivative) and stir well. When it start to thicken strain Panna Cotta mixture to remove cardamom residue. Scoop out Dragon fruit and mix to the mixture . Panna cotta is ready to fill in Tart shell and go into the fridge.
Lets see how to prepare this delectable dessert with step by step preparation.
How to Prepare Tart Crust
Get ready with all the ingredients. Butter and water must be ice cold.
In a wide dry bowl add sifted flour. To it add powdered sugar and salt and mix well with a spatula.
Chop the butter into cubes and rub into the dry mix using finger tips. Since it is dry add a tablespoon of ice cold water and mix with the tip of finger until it forms a dough consistency.
Round the dough and fold it tight in a cling wrap and refrigerate it for an hour.
Take out from fridge and bring it to room temperature before using it. Roll the dough or press it into tart pan. I roll the dough on a cling wrap and transfer to the tart pan and remove cling wrap and trim of the edges. This measurement of dough yield one 9 inch pan and two small silicon pie mould.
Prick the dough with fork and fill the tart shell with any dried bean or pie weights to avoid dough rise( puffing) and shrinking of the tart.
Bake it with pie weight for 20 minutes at 180°C and then without pie weight until it is golden brown. Meanwhile lets prepare Dragon fruit Coconut Panna Cotta.
How to prepare Dragon Fruit Coconut Panna Cotta
In a heavy bottomed pan add milk and let it warm. To the milk add sugar and cardamom and mix well until sugar dissolve completely .
Meanwhile with little milk add agar agar and mix well until it is well combined .
Strain milk to remove cardamom residue and again boil milk on low heat. To it add Coconut milk and agar agar mixture and stir continuously until coconut milk starts to thicken.
Filling and Chilling Process Dragon fruit Coconut Panna Cotta
Cut open Dragon fruit and scoop out the pulp. Finally switch off gas flame and add pulp and mix well. Let the Panna Cotta mixture cool completely.
Fill in panna cotta mixture into Tart shell. Refrigerate for 4 to 5 hours or over night
After it completely set ,garnish with slices of dragon fruit ,pomegranate and mint leaves. Serve individual with favourite topping.
Hope you like the recipe ! If so ,please try it out, leave your comment and feedback which means a lot to me. Thank you so much for visiting by the site! Happy baking!
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Notes
For making Tart shell ,Butter and water must be ice cold.
Poke holes in the pastry with a help of fork ,this prevents the pastry from puffing.
You can substitute any milk and flavour according to your taste buds. Be innovative and flavours are endless.
Garnish with any sauce, fresh fruits ,fruit compote, praline etc.
DRAGON FRUIT COCONUT PANNA COTTA TART
Equipment
- Microwave Convection Oven
- Sauce pan
Ingredients
FOR MAKING TART CRUST
- 250 gm all-purpose flour
- 80 gm sugar powder
- 125 gm butter
- 3 tbsp water ( ice cold )
- ¼ tsp salt
FOR MAKING DRAGON FRUIT COCONUT PANNA COTTA
- 300 ml full fat milk
- 200 ml coconut milk
- 150 gm sugar
- 5 gm agar agar
- 4 cardamom ( crushed )
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
HOW TO PREPARE TART CRUST
- Get ready with all the ingredients. Butter and water must be ice cold.
- In a wide dry bowl add sifted flour. To it add powdered sugar and salt and mix well with a spatula.
- Chop the butter into cubes and rub into the dry mix using finger tips. Since it is dry add a tablespoon of ice cold water and mix with the tip of finger until it forms a dough consistency.
- Round the dough and fold it tight in a cling wrap and refrigerate it for an hour.
- Take out from fridge and bring it to room temperature before using it. Roll the dough or press it into tart pan. I roll the dough on a cling wrap and transfer to the tart pan and remove cling wrap and trim of the edges. This measurement of dough yield one 9 inch pan and two small silicon pie mould.
- Prick the dough with fork and fill the tart shell with any dried bean or pie weights to avoid dough rise( puffing) and shrinking of the tart.
- Bake it with pie weight for 20 minutes at 180°C and then without pie weight until it is golden brown. Meanwhile lets prepare Dragon fruit Coconut Panna Cotta.
HOW TO PREPARE DRAGON FRUIT COCONUT PANNA COTTA
- In a heavy bottomed pan add milk and let it warm. To the milk add sugar and cardamom and mix well until sugar dissolve completely.
- Meanwhile with little milk add agar agar and mix well until it is well combined.
- Strain milk to remove cardamom residue and again boil milk on low heat. To it add Coconut milk and agar agar mixture and stir continuously until coconut milk starts to thicken.
FILLING AND CHILLING PROCESS
- Cut open Dragon fruit and scoop out the pulp. Finally switch off gas flame and add pulp and mix well. Let the Panna Cotta mixture cool completely.
- Fill in panna cotta mixture into Tart shell. Refrigerate for 4 to 5 hours or over night
- After it completely set ,garnish with slices of dragon fruit ,pomegranate and mint leaves. Serve individual with favourite topping.
Notes
Nutrition
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