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Floating island (dessert)

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To make the meringue, the egg whites are beaten with sugar and poured into a mold that may be lined with caramelised sugar. It is then steamed in the oven in a bain-marie. Once the meringue is cooked and chilled, the sauce is poured on a serving plate, and the unmolded meringue placed on the sauce to
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and lemon peel whipped into a froth, then layered with thin slices of bread alternating with jelly, piled high with the stiffened froth. Fruits and sweetmeats are arranged in a ring around the edge of the dish that is presented as a centerpiece for the table with candles all around it.
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than the elaborate cake and jelly constructions of English cuisine, while others say that the early French versions were not made with meringue at all, but layers of liquor soaked spongecake or
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Floating island typically consists of a meringue served floating on a light custard sauce. Some variations invert this by using a thicker sauce served on top of the meringue instead.
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the dessert was served a little less by the time the encyclopedia was published in 1938, and its writers expressed regret because the dish is "excellent". The version recorded in the
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The historical form of the dessert was quite different in England than in France, where it was known as
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reported "At dinner had a floating island". An 1847 American cookbook lists floating island as a
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The earliest known English language reference to the dessert is in
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Perrin-Chattard, Brigitte; Jean-Pierre Perrin-Chattard (2000).
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The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food and Drink
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Index


Dessert
France
meringue
egg whites
sugar
vanilla extract
crème anglaise
egg yolks
milk
sugar
Food energy
kcal
kJ

Media: Floating island
[ilflɔtɑ̃t]
meringue
crème anglaise
vanilla
custard
bain-marie
[øz‿alanɛʒ]
The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy
Hannah Glasse
sic
sack
Benjamin Franklin
Fourth of July
brioche

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