Guest Post by Vidya Lakshmi: Nutella & Coffee Pannacotta

I'm so very lucky to have blogger sisters who are very supportive when it comes to guest post, the next on my list will be sis Vidya who I have known for quite some time now. I love her photography skills and not forgetting her wonderful recipes, do check out her blog Cooking My Way. Now let me hand over to her and see what she have prepared for us.

Hello Every body...I'm Vidyalakshmi from Bangalore,India. I work here in a media company as a coordinator I love to food blog and food has become my passion I travel a lot for work and never stop looking out for new recipes and inspiration where ever i travel. this passion turned as a hobby and blogging followed my path. when Arthy asked me to guest blog i was thrilled. and planned a simple and easy recipe its bit of time consuming process but worth all efforts for the video recipe demo visit me on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/viduoo9

Thanks to Arthy for choosing me to guest blog wishing Arthy her family and friends very happy new year 2013..

Ingredients:

2 Cups Milk please use full fat milk

2 Cups Heavy cream

2 Tbsp Gelatin

3-4 Tbsp Sugar

2 Tbsp Instant Coffee Powder

4 Tbsp Nutella

2 Tbsp Coco powder

1. In a bowl add the gelatin and add luke warm water and mix allow to melt or place the bowl in the microwave for 30 seconds till gelatin melts.

2. Place a heavy bottom pot on medium flame add 1 cup milk and 1 cup cream bring to a simmering boil add half of the sugar and whisk till sugar dissolves.

3. Mix the coco powder with a bit of luke water or milk in a cup this is to avoid lumps add the coco to the boiling milk and stir using a whisk is much more faster and really helps.

4.Add the nutella and stir till nutella melts and combines with milk thoroughly add half of the melted gelatin and keep stirring till well combined.remove from flame allow to cool a bit before pouring into serving glasses.

5. Once the mixture is divided equally into serving glasses cover with cling wrap and place in the fridge till sets.

6. To prepare the coffee pannacotta add 1 cup milk and 1 cup cream into heavy bottom pot and bring to a simmering boil on medium flame.

7. Add sugar and whisk till sugar dissolves. add the instant coffee and stir well add the remaining gelatin and stir till well combined remove from flame and allow to cool a bit.

8.divide the mixture equally and layer on the pre-set nutella follow the same process and place in the fridge till set.

Garnish with tempered chocolate and chocolate shaving serve with loads of love to your guests and family enjoy...

See how lovely is the pannacotta? Do try at home and I'm sure you will enjoy it!

Guest Post by Julie: Simple Coffee Pudding

I have always admired Julie's blog ever since I started visiting her space almost everyday, varieties of recipes you can find definitely make you drool for some. Do visit her blog Erivum Puliyumm, you will be fascinated and amazed with the collection of recipes. Now let me introduce (drum roll) Julie from Erivum Puliyumm;

When Arthy @ Sumanarthy's Kitchen asked me to do a guest post for her,I was a bit busy then with Christmas preparations at home.But she was kind enough to give me enough time to send her a recipe.  Arthy has been part of my space since 2 months and we had joined hands in blogging then.The best part of her space is that she has a vast collection of recipes ranging from the simple ones to the complex ones.

She has also brought out many wonderful bloggers as her guest in her space and this time, I got a chance too. All Thanks to you, Arthy. So,friends as always I say-Love to share my happiness with a sweet/dessert and so today's recipe is a simple coffee pudding that I prepared for Christmas lunch. It's a simple yet smooth pudding that you would love to have anytime and can be prepared without much efforts. My kids loved it a lot,do give this a try if you are looking for a quick fix dessert for  any occasions !!

Ingredients

instant coffee powder 3 tsp(refer notes)

condensed milk 1/2 tin

whipping cream 1 cup

sugar if required 2 tbsp

gelatin 2 tbsp

boiling water 1 1/2 cup

coldwater 1/2 cup

chocolate shavings 2-3 tbsp

Method

• Soak the gelatin in cold water(1/2 cup) and keep aside for 10 minutes.
• Boil the water and take the coffee powder in a cup.Add the boiling water to it.
• Add sugar as per desired.I used 2 tbsp.
• Add the soaked gelatin in a small quantity of hot coffee mixture.OR use double boiling method to dilute gelatin.And add to the coffee mixture.Keep aside.
• Add the condensed milk in it.Mix well until combined.
• Whip the whipping cream in the cold stage until soft peaks and then fold in the warm coffee mixture in small quantities into this whipped cream.
• Pour the mixture in a pudding bowl of 8*8 and refrigerate for 3-4 hours until it sets.Spread a thin layer of chocolate shavings as topping.
• Cut in pieces & serve chilled.

Servings ~5-6 adults

NOTES

* You can decrease coffee powder upto 2tsp if you want a mild taste.

* As the condensed milk contains sugar,you can even omit the extra sugar if desired.

* You can use  chocolate syrup to top it up too instead of chocolate shavings.