On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:57:29 -0400, "Jessica V." > wrote:

>I am a sucker for custard type desserts. My latest favorite is
>panacotta. I had some at brunch on sunday that had a distinct coconut
>flavor, but no flakes of coconut. Several web searches later, I turn up
>nothing.
>
>I think I may substitute the cream in a decent panacotta recipe for
>coconut milk. And leave out the vanilla bean...I think. It's sounding
>like a good summer dessert for the Indian meal I'm planning on making
>for diner tonight. Any reason why this monkeying around with the recipe
>wouldn't work?

The recipe I have has roasted pine nuts in the bottom, and is served with
strawberry sauce. MMmmmmm but I've never seen one for coconut.

Since you haven't posted the recipe that you're intending to use, it's hard
to say how forgiving to monkeying it would be, but most of the recipes I've
seen are very flexible.

--
Siobhan Perricone
"This isn't right. This isn't even wrong."
- Wolfgang Pauli, on a paper submitted by a physicist colleague