INGREDIENTS [Panna Cotta]

[4 servings]

4 oz. whole milk

12 oz. heavy cream

2 oz. honey

pinch salt

1/2 oz. bourbon

1/8 tsp. nutmeg

6 oz. oatmeal, cooked

3 ea. sheet gelatin

METHOD

Bloom the gelatin sheets in cold water, adding them one at a time; set aside. Place the remaining ingredients (minus the oatmeal) into a medium sized saucepan and place on the stove. Bring this mixture to a boil. Remove the gelatin sheets from the water and squeeze out the excess water.  

Place gelatin in the warm cream mixture. Stir to combine and mix in the oatmeal. Allow cream to steep with the oatmeal for 5 minutes.  Strain mixture through a fine chinois.  Pour the strained cream into serving dishes.  

To garnish: Sliced Honeycrisp Apples, Oven Roasted Sugared Pumpkin, Cranberry Reduction.

INGREDIENTS [Shortbread]

8 oz. butter, cold

7 oz. confectioners sugar

1 ea. vanilla bean, scraped

1 tsp. kosher salt

7 oz. egg yolks

12 oz. cake flour

5 oz. almond flour

2 oz. oatmeal, ground fine

1 T baking powder

METHOD

Cream together butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt until incorporated.  Add egg yolks one at a time and scrape the bowl throughout.  Add flour, almond flour, and baking powder until dough comes together.  Turn mixture out onto lightly floured surface and flatten into a disk.  Refrigerate dough for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 300°F.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.  Roll out refrigerated dough to 1/4 “ thickness.  Transfer dough to baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.  Allow shortbread to cool and break into chunks.

INGREDIENTS [Pumpkin]

1 pumpkin

2 oz. butter

4 oz. sugar

METHOD

Cut the pumpkin and remove the seeds.  Roast pumpkin in a 350°F oven until tender.  Allow pumpkin to cool.  Once cooled, remove skin and dice pumpkin.  Melt the butter and the sugar in a small saucepan.  Coat diced pumpkin in sugar and butter mixture until golden brown.  

ASSEMBLY

Serve Honey Oatmeal Panna Cotta, Almond Oatmeal Shortbread Streusel and Oven Roasted Pumpkin with slices of Honeycrisp apple and Palazzolo’s Pumpkin Amaretto Gelato.