Chapter XX · Entremets (Sweets) · No. 2735
Built upon: No. 2382Ordinary Meringue
2735—Œufs à la Neige
Mould some ordinary No. 2382, Ordinary Meringue, by means of a spoon, to represent eggs; and drop the mouldings into a sautépan containing some boiling sugared and vanilla-flavoured milk. Turn the No. 2382, Ordinary Meringue over in the milk, that they may poach evenly, and, as soon as they are firm, drain them in a sieve.
Strain the milk through muslin; add six egg yolks, and with it prepare an English custard.
Set the egg-shaped No. 2382, Ordinary Meringue on a tazza and cover them with the prepared custard, kept very cold.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 2735, p. 785. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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