Panna cotta with cherries

Ingredients

• 150 g sweet cherries
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 200 ml cherry juice
• 1 tbsp Cornstarch
• 4 sheets white gelatin
• 0.5 Vanilla pod
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 300 ml whipping cream
• 40 ml cherry syrup
• 2 tbsp sugar
• cherry sauce (pre-made)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Wash the cherries, set aside 8 pieces, pit and halve the remaining ones.

2. 2.

   Bring lemon juice with sugar and cherry juice to a boil, then thicken with cold-water mixed cornstarch. Stir for several minutes until thickened, remove from heat, stir in cherries, and pour into four chilled glasses or molds. Refrigerate for 2 hours.

3. 3.

   Soak gelatin in cold water during this time.

4. 4.

   Split the vanilla pod lengthwise, scrape out the seeds, and combine with sugar and cream in a pot; bring to a boil. Squeeze out excess water from gelatin, dissolve it in hot cream, remove from heat, let cool slightly. Once the cream starts to set, whisk vigorously with a hand whisk and spread over the cherry mixture. Refrigerate for another 3 hours.

5. 5.

   Dip the reserved cherries first in syrup then in sugar.

6. 6.

   Serve the dessert on plates, garnish with cherries and cherry sauce, and serve immediately.