Unohana Yaki (Flower Custard)
Origin: Chicago, Illinois
Source: Sara Bosse and Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton), 1914
Ingredients
- 2 ounces Kanton (Japanese gelatine)
- 5 whole eggs, whites
- 3 tablespoons cherry sirup
- 1 ounce goma seeds
- 6 whole eggs, yolks
- 0.5 pint coconut milk
Instructions
- Whip the whites of five eggs into the dissolved two ounces of gelatine.
- Add three tablespoonfuls of cherry sirup while stirring over a slow fire.
- Let it come to a boil, then pour quickly into flower-shaped molds.
- Let the custards set until solid.
- Turn the custards from the molds onto large leaves on a plate, or decorate the flowered custard with leaves suitable to the flower represented.
- If the flower has a dark center, use goma seeds to decorate.
- For variegated colors, pour half the yellow and half the cherry custards into the molds with quick, light pouring.