Join my online French cooking classes : https://learn.thefrenchcookingacademy.com/p/get-started-with-french-cooking Treat yourself with this simple floating island recipe. delicious poached meringue floating on French custard and covered in caramel.The floating island dessert or (iles Flottantes in French) is a classicFrench dessert that every French food lover should know. It is a composed of homemade French custard served with poached meringues and a drizzle caramel sauce.it can be served equally as a family dish or can be dressed up and look like a star on the red carpet served in a cocktail glass.When made from scratch that dessert is plain delicious and an absolute must try.The ingredient list is tiny and you would never imagined that a real such a dessert can be made with so few ingredients.Ingredients used in this video :4 eggs ( separating egg white and egg yolks)150 grams ( 3/4 cup) of sugar ( 50 grams for the meringue and 100 grams for the caramel sauce)50 cl (16.9 Fluid oz) of full cream milkHalf a vanilla pod50 ml (1.69 fluid oz) of watera pinch of salt