Floating Island (Snow Eggs)
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Floating Island (Snow Eggs)
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Floating island is a delicious airy French dessert prepared with beaten and poached egg white, placed on custard, and covered with caramel and almonds.
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Ingredients
- 8 eggs
- 4 cups milk
- 1⅛ cup sugar , divided into ½ cup/100g (custard), ⅛ cup/20g (egg whites), ½ cup/100g (caramel)
- 1 vanilla bean , split in 2
- ½ cup sliced almonds , toasted
Instructions
- Separate the egg whites and egg yolks.
- Beat the egg whites until stiff, then add ⅛ cup/20g of sugar and continue beating for 1 minute.
- Bring the milk to a boil and lower the heat to medium. Make large egg white pieces using 2 tablespoons. Dip them one by one into the milk and poach them for about 1 minute on each side. Place them on a plate covered with paper towel.
- Scrape the vanilla bean and add the pods and seeds to the milk. Bring to a boil. Take off heat and infuse for a few minutes.
- Sieve the milk into a bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk the yolks with ½ cup/100g of sugar until the mixture becomes pale yellow.
- Gradually pour the hot milk over it and put this mixture in another large saucepan.
- Heat over medium heat without stirring until thickened. Pour into large bowl and let cool. Set aside in the refrigerator.
- Heat ½ cup of sugar with 2 tablespoons of water in a saucepan for a few minutes until the sugar begins to melt and turns into a golden syrup.
- Assembly
- Divide the custard into ramekins or cups. Place an egg white piece over the custard.
- Then drizzle with caramel over the egg white and sprinkle with lightly toasted almonds.
- Serve immediately.
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