Panna Cotta Definition

pănə kŏtə
noun
A chilled dessert made with cream and often milk simmered with sugar and flavorings and set with gelatin, typically served with a caramel or fruit sauce.
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Origin of Panna Cotta

  • Italian panna cream (from Old Italian) (from panno cloth (since a layer of cream covers milk like a cloth after it rises)) (from Latin pannus pan- in Indo-European roots) cotta cooked terra cotta

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Italian cooked cream

    From Wiktionary

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