Floating Island
To a quart of milk add ¼ lb. loaf sugar
4 glasses Lisbon wine, + yolk of an egg
Beat the yolk and sugar together + pour wine on it. Beat the whites of 6 eggs stiff with a gill*of currant jelly for the top.
*A gill is equivalent to a quarter of a pint.
For some variation, Mrs. Smith can also recommend this one:
According to Wikimedia Commons, this is what a Floating Island is supposed to look like:
Put a qt of milk over the fire + while coming to a boil, beat the yolks of 4 eggs with 2 tablespoonsful [sic] flour and sugar to the taste. Put this in the milk as soon as it boils, stir it until it becomes the consistency of cream [.] [S]et it away to get cold. Beat the white stiff with currant jelly + sugar.
Have you ever had a Floating Island? How do Mrs. Smith's recipes sound to you?
