- Electric Stand Mixer: Ideal for mixing custard sauce to ensure it's smooth and lump-free.
- Silicone Ramekins: Perfect for shaping individual servings, allowing Floating Islands to rise properly in water baths.
- Large Pot with Lid: Essential for boiling milk and creating a roux base that helps form the custard's structure.
- Saucepan with Measuring Cup: Useful for precise measurements of ingredients like sugar, butter, and cream.
- Whisk: Essential tool for combining eggs, sugar, and other components to create a smooth mixture.
- Rubber Spatula: Handy for scraping the prepared mix into ramekins or molds without wastage.
- Fine Mesh Sieve: Useful for straining lumps from the custard sauce, ensuring a smooth texture in the final dish.
- Baking Rack (Cooling Tray): Important to cool baked ramekins properly after oven use; prevents sogginess on the bottoms.
- Oven-Safe Dish for Water Bath: Essential when preparing Floating Islands, providing gentle heat from simmering water for even cooking and rising.
- Digital Kitchen Scale (Optional): Incredibly useful for precise measurements of ingredients like eggs, impacting the final texture of custard.
- Citrus Juicer (Optional): Useful if infusing lemon zest or juice directly into the custard sauce from fresh lemons, enhancing flavor depth.
1 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup whole milk
6 large egg yolks
1/3 cup sugar
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel
1/2 cup egg whites (about 4 large)
Pinch of salt
2/3 cup sugar
6 paper-thin lemon slices
2 6-ounce containers fresh raspberries
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