Floating Island
From chelby1969 12 years ago
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- Serves 8 servings
This recipe can also make Orange Custard - Make a soft custard as directed in Floating Island, but flavour with coconut extract instead of vanilla. Peel and cut up two oranges into bite- sized pieces in a bowl. Sprinkle with coconut and pour chilled custard over all. Read more Arrange meringues on top as in Floating Island. See less
Ingredients
- 2 cups (450 ml) milk shopping list
- 4 eggs, separated shopping list
- 4 Tablespoons (60 ml) sugar shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon (1 ml) salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla shopping list
- 4 Tablespoons (60 ml) sugar for meringue shopping list
- 2 cups (450 ml) fresh strawberries shopping list
How to make it
- Heat the milk in the top of a double boiler over boiling water. Mix together the egg yolks, sugar, and salt and stir in a little hot milk. Then add egg mixture to remaining hot milk, stirring constantly over boiling water until mixture thickens enough to coat the spoon. Add vanilla and chill. Pour the cooled custard into serving dishes. Drop 2 cups (450 mbl) fresh strawberries, halved, into custard around sides of dishes. Top with cooled meringues for floating island.
- Meringues:
- Beat the agg whites until foamy; slowly add sugar. Continue to beat until very stiff. Lower heaping Tablespoon (30 ml) of beaten whites into a saucepan of hot water. Cover pan and simmer over a low heat for 1 minute or until meringue doubles in size. Removevwith slotted spoon and place on a cake rack to drain for 15 minutes. Arrange on chilled custard.
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