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    The Rose Garden
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    The Rose Garden

    Rose water panna cotta with pomegranate & edible petals

    Beauty concealing thorns — the perfect marriage facade

    The Story

    In Warren Adler's 1981 novel 'The War of the Roses,' Jonathan and Barbara Rose begin as the picture-perfect couple — gorgeous home, beautiful children, enviable dinner parties. The rose garden they tend together becomes a symbol of the life they built and the beauty that masks growing resentment. This delicate panna cotta, fragrant with rose water and crowned with jewel-like pomegranate seeds, captures that intoxicating surface perfection — exquisite to look at, bittersweet underneath.

    Prep: 30 min + 4 hr chillYield: 12 pieces

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups heavy cream
    • 1 tbsp rose water
    • 3 sheets gelatin
    • 2 tbsp sugar
    • Pomegranate seeds
    • Edible rose petals
    • Pistachios, crushed

    Preparation

    1. 1.Bloom gelatin in cold water. Heat cream with sugar and rose water.
    2. 2.Dissolve gelatin into warm cream, pour into molds.
    3. 3.Chill for 4 hours until set.
    4. 4.Unmold, top with pomegranate seeds, petals, and crushed pistachios.

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