Pumpkin panna cotta

Ingredients for 3 servings:

• 250 milliliters of milk
• 50 grams of fresh cream
• 50 grams of pumpkin
• 30 grams of sugar
• 3 grams of gelatin
• half of a vanilla stick
• a bit of salt

First cut the pumpkin in thin slices, spread 10 grams of sugar on the sides of the slices and put then in an oven tray covered with baking paper. Let them bake in the oven at 180 Celsius degrees for a few minutes until the sugar caramelizes. Let it cool!

In a pot, add the milk, the salt, the vanilla stick, 20 grams of sugar and the fresh cream and put them at slow fire until the sugar dissolves.

Separately hydrate the gelatin for a few minutes in cold water .

After the sugar has dissolved, take away from fire and let the milk cool a bit. While still warm add the hydrated gelatin and mix until dissolved. Take out the vanilla stick.

Separately mash theslices of pumpkin with 2 spoons of milk.

Strain the blended pumpkin over the milk and mix until well incorporated.

Pour the composition in cups and let it in the fridge for a few hours before serving it.

Enjoy!

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We had a fish and some grilled vegetables.

The food took a while, but in the end it was good.

A bit pricey, so you better ask for the menu first to avoid surprises at the end (the waiter will begin by making some suggestions without giving you the opportunity to see the menu).

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One of the key ingredients to a great holiday is a great hotel. And this is such a case.

The hotel is very nice and the staff is attentive and welcoming.

The room was large and the bed comfortable. Just a little noise from the guests above on one night.

The breakfast was delicious with lots of choices: cold and hot meal and some local food and pastries. They have 3 cooks who can make you on the spot omelette, fried eggs and pancakes .

The lounge had cakes, cookies, some snacks and coffee/tea in the afternoon and some other snacks, warm food  and alcoholic drinks in the evening.

Free underground parking places with the entrance in front of the hotel.

Overall it was a pleasure to stay here!

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The place looked depressing: deserted streets, shops closed, buildings who were just about to collapse, etc.

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The interior of the restaurant it´s really nice and modern.

The food we had was good. The service took a bit longer, despite the fact that it was not crowded.

The dessert was good too, but it was hard to decide because they had plenty of them and each one looked delicious.