Healthy Halloween Recipe: Panna Cotta Eye

Celebrating the holidays all begins with Halloween, inside the Healthy Kitchen. What better way to ring in the season with a little tasty, ghastly treat? This more healthy alternative to processed sugar not only tastes great, but fits the holiday! A perfect treat for your Halloween parties, the kids and for you!



INGREDIENTS:

Panna Cotta:

1 envelope Unflavored gelatin

¼ cup Water

2 cups Skim-milk

½ cup Sugar

1 ½ cup Plain non-fat Greek yogurt

1 teaspoon Coconut Extract

2 each Kiwi, sliced thin

Raspberry Sauce:

1 pint Fresh Raspberries

Method:

Panna Cotta:

• Place eleven 6-ounce narrow wine glasses (for the perfect eyeball shape) otherwise use custard cups or ramekins in a shallow baking pan, then set aside.


• In a small bowl, sprinkle gelatin over the water (do not stir). Let stand for 5 minutes.


• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, combine ½ c of the milk and the sugar.  Cook over medium heat until heated through, stirring to dissolve the sugar (do not boil).  Add gelatin mixture; stir until gelatin is dissolved.  Remove from heat.  Whisk in yogurt until smooth.  Whisk in the remaining 1 ½ cups milk and the coconut extract.


• Place kiwi slice at the bottom of the cup, then ladle mixture into cups/wine glasses.


• Cover pan with plastic wrap.  Refrigerate panna cotta for 4 to 24 hours.


• To serve, immerse the bottom half of each custard cup in hot water for about 10 seconds.  Run a small knife around edge to loosen.  Invert custard onto a dessert plate.  Sprinkle custards with berries and garnish with fresh mint leaves and raspberry sauce.

Raspberry Sauce:

• Place raspberries in a small sauce-pot and cook on low-medium heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.


• Once the raspberries have softened and cooked down allow to cool.


• Pour raspberries in a blender and blend until smooth.


• Chill until ready to serve.

Nutrition:

Panna Cotta:

Servings: 11

Serving Size: 1 ramekin

Calories: 50 kcal

Fat: 1gm

Raspberry Sauce:

Servings: 8

Serving Size 2 T

Calories 5 kcal

Fat: 0 gm