Alastair Little, Richard Whittington

Floating Islands

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

  • About

A classic French dessert, also called oeufs à la neige, this pretty pudding of poached meringues set in a sea of egg custard looks a more impressive and difficult construction than it really is.

Ingredients

  • 600 ml/ 1 pint full-fat milk
  • 1 vanilla pod, split lengthwise

Method

Start by making the custard: put the milk with the split vanilla pod over a low heat and bring to just below boiling.

While it is heating, whisk the egg yolks with 115 g/ 4 oz of the caster s