Oeuf à la neige aux pralines roses

This is a French take on what the English would describe as a ‘nursery pudding’: pillowy, airy meringues floating on a velvety bed of vanilla custard with a generous helping of caramel drizzled over the top. There is something wonderfully child-like and comforting about an oeuf à la neige and a good one is fantastic. The presentation at the restaurant is, I’m afraid, a little bit cheffy, as it is in the photograph – we play around with a crunchy spun sugar nest to replace the traditional ca