This week's TWD was chosen by Shari of Whisk: a food blog: floating islands! This is a French dessert which consists of soft poached meringue puffs floating in a smooth creme anglaise. I've never heard of this dessert and, to be completely honest, I probably would not have tried it if not for TWD. What can I say....I'm just not adventurous with my desserts :)
I started off making the creme anglaise for the dessert as Dorie says it's better if it sits overnight in the fridge. Creme anglaise is a custard and I didn't have any problem making it as it is also a base for ice cream and I've made plenty of ice cream since buying my ice cream maker this summer. The next day I worked on the meringues (the islands!). I'm always amazed at what can be made with just egg whites and sugar! These were easy too though I definitely didn't have any luck getting my islands to look as pretty as Dorie's. I ended up deciding to use my ice cream scoop to shape them. Finally, Dorie recommends caramelized sugar strands as a decoration for the dessert. Though my last attempt at making caramel was not successful, I decided to try it again. And I failed. I don't know what happened but I didn't have the desire to try again so I topped my floating islands with some chocolate sauce we had in the fridge.
My instinct that I probably wouldn't enjoy these was right on. I'm not a huge fan of meringue and I also discovered that I don't love creme anglaise either. That said, I still want to thank Shari for her pick! I'm happy to say I tried these even if they weren't my favorite dessert. You can find the recipe on Shari's blog and you can see all of the other floating islands over at TWD.
13 comments:
sorry you didn't love it. i agree with you about eggs and sugar, even just eggs alone... amazing.
sorry, please delete my last two duplicate comments, the button wasn't working when i hit submit... at least not right away! :)
Sorry this wasn't your favorite...but it sure looks great!
Too bad you didn't like it. Your floating island looks great though with the chocolate syrup.
That looks just lovely! Nice job.
Sorry it wasn't your favorite...but at least you made it!!! They look cute though!
Sorry they weren't your favorite, but at least we all learned a new technique! Here's to next week's cake!
I love the chocolate swirls on your islands. Too bad you didn't like them, but thanks for baking along with me this week!
Good for you for trying something new, even if it wasn't your favorite. I like the idea of the chocolate drizzle; certainly less dangerous than the hard caramel!
I didn't care for them either, but we did try and that's what counts. I like them with the chocolate.
I did a chocolate drizzle too. :) Yours look beautiful!
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