Name: île Flottante with Mocha Crème Anglaise and Nutmeg
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: pinch of salt; ½ cup plus 2 tbsp (125 g) superfine sugar; ½ cup (50 g) sliced almonds; freshly grated nutmeg; 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped of seeds; 1 shot of strong brewed espresso or 1 sachet (2 tsp) instant espresso granules; 5 egg whites; 1 tbsp butter; ⅓ cup (75 g) sugar; 5 egg yolks; 2 cups (500 ml) milk; 1 cup (200 g) sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home Made Winter

By Yvette van Boven

Published 2012

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Ingredients

For the Caramel

1 cup (200 g) sugar
1 tbsp butter

Method

Make the caramel: Heat the sugar in a heavy saucepan and add 3 tbsp water. Don’t stir. Let the sugar melt and stir in the butter (with a wooden spoon!) only once the sugar begins to color at the edges. Take the caramel off the heat when it has turned the color of tea.

Be careful with this next step especially, as the caramel is really very hot.

Place a sheet of parchment paper o