Manhattan Floating Island

Not my favorite dessert. The custard was very good – I used Grand Marnier instead of whiskey. After reading the other reviews, I reduced the salt to 1/8 t in the meringues but they still tasted salty. Salt disappears a bit when you mix them with the rest of the components of the dessert. I cooked the meringues for 10 minutes in my 350 oven but they came out rubbery. Probably won’t make again.

So yummy!! Way too easy to eat again. mmmmmmmmmmmm.
I didn’t use the whiskey though.

This is tasty but definitely STRONG! I have never had a Mahattan Floating Island before so maybe this is normal but since I plan on serving this to my family on Christmas, I will probably cut the whiskey in half for the non-whiskey drinkers. My husband, a whiskey drinker, LOVED the recipe as is, although he recommended cutting the salt out of the meringue.

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this but wanted to try it anyway. The cream tasted like ice cream and was perfect with the meringue. My husband has already asked for it again but this time I need to double the cream. Thanks Sunny!!

I know this recipe for a long time, we call it “chicken’s milk”, the only difference is I boil the eggwhites peaks in boiling milk, 2-3 minutes on each side, and take it out to drain. I made this for company, with Sunny’r recipe for custard, and everybody liked it, and it was so light and good.

I saw the show, and I was inspired to give it a try. I am not a huge whiskey fan, and I didn’t want to use my Cognac. I thought some orange flavor would work well, so I used Cointreau as the substitute. It was superb! Thanks, Sunny.

I am so tired of people giving recipes a one star rating, when they haven’t even attempted to make them. I almost deleted this recipe when I saw the rating. After I read the reviews, however, I realized that only one person had actually made the dessert. The others only wanted to comment on the lack of visuals, or her fingernails. I made the recipe, and it was excellent, If you disagree, that’s fine, but I don’t care about all of the other stuff. Your low ratings are misleading to others, and a disservice to the chef.

I saw the show today and was inspired. I’m not a fan of custard by any means, but this is pretty good. At first I thought it wasn’t going to be sweet enough, but after you add the vanilla and I used a splash of white wine instead of the whiskey, the sweetness of it really shines through. I also used strawberries instead of blackberries and raspberries. The main point is to use some type of berry that’s not super sweet because you’re gonna need it to cut the sweetness of the custard itself. Maybe I’ll try adding a little acidity to it next time. Overall, a good recipe.

Now you know as any other foodie that we eat with our eyes and man oh man do we need some visuals, for one thing if we have never seen it nor cooked it then we definately need something to look at so we can make sure we are making it look appetising as well as tasting awesome!!!! If I have mised out on something and there are visuals out there please let me know.
Lets all continue to share the love of cooking and socializing together forever!!!!!
Hugs from Vegas, Love Linda