Recipe – Le Chalet Floating Island
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FLOATING ISLAND
For all the sweet lovers, discover Benjamin Vakanas’s latest creation: a floating island, served with pink custard and salted caramel.
Ingredients
Cooked egg white
- — 170g egg whites
- — 25g sugar
- — 1 pinch of salt
Salted butter caramel
- — 300g of sugar
- — 140g of cream
- — 6g of salt
- — 1250g of butter
Custard
- — 0,5 L of milk
- — 0,5 L of cream
- — 1g of vanilla
- — 100g of sugar
- — 180g of egg yolk
Preparation
Cooked egg white
- — Beat the egg whites with a mixer, gradually adding the sugar and salt. Stop them when they are firm. Form 2 large egg whites, place them carefully on a plate and cook them one by one in the microwave for 20 seconds at maximum power.
- — Keep them cold.
Salted Butter Caramel
- — Put the sugar in a saucepan and melt it gently until it becomes a brown caramel.
- — Add the cream and salt and stir off the heat.
- — Wait a few minutes for the caramel to cool a little, then add the butter little by little to obtain a creamy texture
Custard
- — Bring the milk, cream, and vanilla to a boil.
- — Mix the egg yolks and sugar.
- — Gently pour your hot milk, cream, and vanilla mixture over the egg yolks and sugar while stirring.
- — Pour this mixture into the pan and stir until it boils.
- — Set aside in a cool place.
Dressing
Pour your cold custard into a large dish, carefully place your cooked egg white. Finish with the caramel sauce on top.