Oeufs à la Neige

This is a pudding from my childhood and properly made, probably at home, it is delightful. Unfortunately there are a great many oeufs à la neige along with the bought-in crème caramel served in hotels and restaurants in provincial France that are not worth slipping your spoon into. So I include it here for all the children I know in France and England to whom this pudding is the tops.