Floating Island with Raspberry Sauce

Ile Flottante Cardinale

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
French Classics Made Easy

By Richard Grausman

Published 2011

  • About

ILE FLOTTANTE and oeufs à la neige are both desserts made from poached meringue and served with crème anglaise. In the case of oeufs à la neige, large egg-shaped spoonfuls of meringue are poached in simmering milk or water, while the île flottante meringue is molded and poached in the oven. When unmolded, the meringue becomes an island floating on the crème anglaise.

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