Coffee Panna Cotta

Ingredients
375ml whipping cream
125ml milk
1 tsp instant coffee granules
½ tsp vanilla essence
100g castor sugar
2cm cinnamon stick
1½ tsp gelatin
50ml hot water

Method
Place cream, milk and instant coffee granules in a small saucepan. Add cinnamon stick and sugar. Stir over medium-low heat until mixture comes to a gradual boil. Remove from heat and add vanilla essence.

Stir gelatin into hot water and mix until dissolved. Add dissolved gelatin to the coffee cream mixture.

Pour mixture through a fine sieve strainer into individual moulds, and cover each mould with cling-film wrap. Leave in the refrigerator to set and chill overnight.

To serve, run a blunt knife or spatula around the rim of each mould, then place the moulds in warm water for 10 seconds. Unmould panna cotta into a serving dish and serve immediately.