Sweet Simplicity: Goat Cheese Panna Cotta with Old Chandler Strawberries

Nothing tastes more like Spring than creamy goat cheese and the season's first sweet strawberries. Pastry Chef Tom Wellings is offering a goat cheese panna cotta with Chandler strawberries, which are served macerated, churned into a refreshing sorbetto, and also whipped into a strawberry froth. 

The Chandler is an old variety of strawberry known for its sweetness and flavor.

Chandler Strawberries

Goat Cheese Panna Cotta with Chandler Strawberries

 The panna cotta is also garnished with a Szechuan peppercorn tuile. E' arrivata La Primavera! Spring has arrived!

Sweet Simplicity ... Cherry Blossoms!

The city will kick off the National Cherry Blossom Festival later this month with the peak bloom dates expected the last week in March. In honor of these delicate and beautiful blossoms and as as celebration of this beloved springtime celebration, starting the week of March 11 Pastry Chef Tom Wellings will be offering two cherry blossom themed desserts:

• Vanilla Panna Cotta with Cherry Blossom Honey and Toasted Marcona Almonds
• Macarons with Amarena Cherry and Cherry Blossom Buttercream

Pastry Chef Tom Wellings