Best panna cotta recipes that are impossibly smooth

Sink your spoon into these super smooth panna cotta recipes. The beauty lies in their silky texture, and the fact they can be prepared ahead of time and simply unmoulded when it’s time to serve.

Our coffee caramel version pairs a classic vanilla panna cotta with coffee-spiked caramel and coffee praline; though if you’re looking for a lighter panna cotta recipe, the yoghurt panna cotta with blood orange and juniper is just the ticket. Momofuku Milk Bar maestro Christina Tosi puts her nostalgic spin on the dessert with her Cereal Milk panna cotta, and for the the greatest Christmas panna cotta we have a festive Champagne and peach jelly with crème fraîche panna cotta dessert that is sure to wow a crowd.

Are you ready for this jelly? Here are our best recipes for panna cotta.

Peach and Champagne jelly with creme fraiche panna cotta

Champagne and peach jelly with crème fraîche panna cotta

Burnt honey panna cotta with chamomile strawberries

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Mango and lemon verbena trifle with verjuice jelly and salted lime meringue

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Gluten-free passionfruit and almond cake with honey-roasted pineapple by Frida's Field

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Alla Wolf-Tasker’s honey panna cotta with strawberry compote vacherin

Christina Tosi’s Cereal Milk panna cotta

Bar Rochford’s hay panna cotta with chamomile pears and malt crumb

Panna cotta with blood orange and juniper syrup

Curtis Stone’s yoghurt panna cotta with strawberries and rosewater

Crème fraîche panna cotta with red-wine figs

Baked greengages with liquorice panna cotta and ginger crumb

Coffee caramel panna cotta

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Philippa Sibley: Basil panna cotta with raspberry jelly

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Honey panna cotta with spiced quince, cinnamon yoghurt cream and honeycomb

Coconut panna cotta with papaya, lime and vanilla

Almond milk panna cotta with macerated blackberries and almond meringues

Caramel panna cotta

Coconut panna cotta with pineapple and lime-rum syrup

Chamomile panna cotta with candied lemon rind (Panna cotta alla camomilla)

Fratelli Paradiso’s blood orange and Campari panna cotta with chocolate sauce

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Panettone and mango trifle with lemon verbena and verjuice jelly

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