Passionfruit floating islands with passionfruit tapioca + sugared almonds

Name: Passionfruit floating islands with passionfruit tapioca + sugared almonds
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 60 g unsalted butter, cut into cubes; 180 g castor sugar; pinch cream of tartar*; ¼ cup passionfruit pulp, including seeds; ¼ cup strained passionfruit pulp, extra; ¼ cup strained passionfruit pulp*; pinch salt; 200 ml egg whites; ½ cup castor sugar; 3 large eggs, lightly beaten; 1 small vanilla bean, split; 60 g castor sugar; 1½ tablespoons water; 60 g flaked almonds; 7 egg yolks; ⅓ cup castor sugar; ¼ cup tapioca; 2 cups milk; ½ cup passionfruit curd, from above; ¼ cup water

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Wild Weed Pie

By Janni Kyritsis and Roberta Muir

Published 2006

About

Floating islands are islands of meringue in a sea of custard - they are also called snow eggs or œufs à la neige. This is an example of a relatively simple dessert, that, over the years, I have made increasingly complicated with additions of this and that. I was always fascinated as a child watching the women whisking egg whites for meringues with 2 forks - a whisk was a luxury for a small kitchen! You’ll need to start this dessert a few hours ahead of time in order to soak the tapioca. You