I’ve never met a panna cotta I didn’t adore.  The classic Italian dessert comes together with such ease and can take on any of your favorite sweet flavors.  A simple vanilla panna cotta is delish when topped with chocolate shavings or your favorite fruit,  add in a bit of your favorite melted chocolate or chocolate chips for another variation, or to take it to a whole other level, steep some lovely magenta-hued hibiscus tea like in this recipe and add it right into the mix.  The hibiscus tea not only adds a pretty pink hue to the dessert but also the sweet herbal notes of one tasty hibiscus tea.  This is a gorgeous springtime dessert that I love to serve with fresh, plump blackberries.

(To view this recipe, click on the following link: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/hibiscus-panna-cotta-recipe.html)

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