Real grandma ruby's peachy floating island

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Preparation Time:

20 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Moderate

Cost:

Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 c Milk
2 Egg yolks
1 Whole egg
1/8 ts Salt
1/4 c Beet or cane sugar
1/2 ts Vanilla
1/2 c Well-drained, diced peaches

Notes: From Ruby Williams' file; newspaper clipping. Date: Monday,
August 14, 1939

Scald milk, beat other ingredients, except vanilla and peaches,
together and add milk gradually stirring constantly. Cook in top of
double boiler, stirring constantly, cooking just until mixture will
coat a spoon. Remove from heat, add vanilla and cool. When cold fold
in peaches. Place in serving dishes. Make very stiff merangue of two
egg whites and four T. beet or cane sugar. Drop by spoonfuls on top
of custard. Garnish with bit of peach jam.

Serves 4