panna cotta


pan·na cot·ta

(păn′ə kŏt′ə)n. A chilled dessert made with cream and often milk simmered with sugar and flavorings and set with gelatin, typically served with a caramel or fruit sauce.
[Italian : panna, cream (from Old Italian, from panno, cloth (since a layer of cream covers milk like a cloth after it rises), from Latin pannus; see pan- in Indo-European roots) + cotta, cooked; see terra cotta.]