Saturday, October 1, 2022

Gateau Praline ou ile Flottante (Praline or Floating Island Cake)

 

Original French Recipe

Pulvérisez un quart de livre de pralines grises. Battez en neige 4 blancs d’œufs, ajoutez les pralines en poudre, sucre a volonte faites ce mélange vivement et sans battre de nouveau, mettez dans un moule, que vous avez enduit de caramel, mettez au bain-marie et au four pas trop chaud, laissez 20 minutes, faites refroidir et démoulez au moment de servir, garnissez avec une creme a la vanille.

Ingredients

  • One pound of gray pralines
  • Four egg whites
  • Sugar
  • Caramel
  • Vanilla cream

Directions

Beginning Preparations

  1. Spray a pound of gray pralines with water.
  2. Beat four egg whites until stiff.
  3. Add the pralines to the egg whites.
  4. Add sugar as desired, and mix vigorously.

Caramel

  1. Add cold water to sugar in a saucepan.
  2. Boil to a light golden color.
  3. Coat a mold with the caramel.

Finishing Preparations

  1. Add the pralines, sugar, and egg whites to the mold coated with caramel.
  2. Place the mold within a larger container holding hot water (this is a bain-marie).
  3. Place the bain-marie into the oven on a low heat for 20 minutes.
  4. Cool for at least 5 minutes, and release the cake from the mold.
  5. Garnish with vanilla cream.
— Leonie Penin.
Source — Cooking in Old Créole Days
Prepared by Jon-Mikah Hart
Louisiana Anthology
Sept 30, 2022

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