Floating Island
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- Syllabub
- 6 Eggs
- Raspberry or strawberry marmalade
- Cake
- Garnish
Instructions
- Have the bowl nearly full of syllabub, made with milk, white wine, and sugar.
- Beat the whites of six new laid eggs to a strong froth.
- Then mix with it raspberry or strawberry marmalade enough to flavour and colour it.
- Lay the froth lightly on the syllabub, first putting in some slices of cake.
- Raise it in little mounds and garnish with something light.