Recipe Floating Islands II (Dessert)

Required Ingredients:

• 2 egg whites
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/4 cup white sugar
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• 3 cups milk
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• 3 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparing/Cooking:

• In a medium bowl, beat egg whites with salt until foamy.
• Gradually pour in 1/4 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form.
• Bring milk to a simmer in large saucepan over medium heat.
• Drop egg white mixture in six separate mounds into simmering milk, leaving one inch between mounds.
• Poach 3 to 5 minutes, turning once.
• Remove meringues with slotted spoon and drain.
• Remove milk from heat and set aside.
• Beat eggs and egg yolks in a large bowl.
• Beat in 1/2 cup sugar.
• Stir in milk from the saucepan.
• Cook milk mixture in a double boiler over simmering water, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a metal spoon.
• Let cool before stirring in vanilla.
• To serve, pour custard in a dish and top with poached meringues.

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