Lemon Snow with Custard Sauce

Name: Lemon Snow with Custard Sauce
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: 1/4 cup, cold water; 2 teaspoons, unflavored gelatin; 1 cup, boiling water; 1 cup (7 ounces), sugar; 1 teaspoon, grated lemon zest plus 1/3 cup juice (2 lemons); Pinch, salt; 3 large, egg whites; 3 large, egg yolks; 1/4 cup (1 3/4 ounces), sugar; pinch, salt; 1 1/4 cups, whole milk; 1 tablespoon, unsalted butter; 1 1/4 teaspoons, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2012

Desserts or Baked Goods

Puddings, Custards, Gelatins, & Souffles

Could we turn this retro sensation into something as light and fresh as new-fallen snow?

SERVES8 to 10

TIME50 minutes, plus 4 hours chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Lemon snow is a lemon-flavored egg white foam, lightly set with gelatin. It’s fresher and lighter than most desserts but satisfies a sweet craving all the same. It is almost always served with custard sauce made from milk or cream and thick...

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