Buttermilk Panna Cotta with Spring Berries

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Buttermilk Panna Cotta with Spring Berries
The Scottos

Ingredients:

4 cups heavy Cream
2 cups Buttermilk
1 cup granulated Sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 packages unflavored gelatin powder
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 ounces hot water

Preparation:

Combine lemon juice and ½ cup sugar in a small heavy sauce pan. Cook over high heat (swirling) until sugar caramelizes. Carefully add hot water (caution, it will splatter). Pour evenly over the bottom of 2-quart ring mold.

Combine heavy cream and 1 cup sugar in a sauce pan and heat until sugar dissolves.

Sprinkle gelatin powder over buttermilk. Set aside for 5 minutes to soften. Gently heat until gelatin dissolves.

Combine cream mixture and buttermilk mixture, and add vanilla extract. Pour into prepared ring mold and refrigerate overnight.

Remove from mold, place on serving platter and garnish with fresh berries.