Floating Island with Coconut Milk and Mango Chutney
- 1/4 cup large pearl tapioca (not instant)
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 mangopeeled, pitted and cut into 1/2-inch dice
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated lime zest
- One 13 1/2-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 large egg whites
- Preheat the oven to 225.
- Soak the tapioca in 1/2 cup of milk for 1 hour.
- Lightly butter four 6-ounce ramekins.
- In a small saucepan, combine the mango with the water, vanilla bean and 1 tablespoon of the sugar.
- Simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the mango softens, about 5 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat.
- Remove the vanilla bean from the saucepan and stir in the lime juice and zest.
- In a medium saucepan, combine the tapioca and any of its soaking milk with the remaining 1 cup of milk.
- Simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the tapioca is tender but still chewy, 30 to 35 minutes.
- In a small saucepan, whisk the coconut milk with 1/3 cup of the sugar and the salt and bring to a boil over moderate heat.
- Transfer to a medium bowl.
- Stir in the tapioca and chill in the refrigerator or quick-chill by setting the bowl in a larger bowl of ice water.
- In a stainless-steel bowl, whisk the egg whites with the remaining 2/3 cup of sugar.
- Set the bowl over but not in a medium pan of simmering water and whisk constantly until the whites are slightly warmer than body temperature, about 100 on a candy thermometer.
- Remove the bowl from the water and beat the egg whites at high speed until very stiff and glossy, about 3 minutes.
- Spoon the meringue into the buttered ramekins.
- Tap the ramekins against the work surface to settle the meringue.
- Run your thumb around the rim to create a small ridge between the rim and the meringue.
- Set the ramekins in a small roasting pan and pour in enough hot water to reach halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
- Cover the pan loosely with foil and bake for about 25 minutes, or until the meringues are barely set.
- Transfer the ramekins to a rack.
- Spoon the coconut-tapioca sauce into 4 shallow bowls.
- Run a knife around the meringues and invert 1 into the center of each bowl.
- Using a tablespoon, scoop a small "cap" from the center of each meringue, fill with the mango chutney and replace the meringue "cap.".
- Serve the desserts immediately.
pearl tapioca, milk, water, vanilla bean, sugar, lime juice, lime zest, milk, salt, egg whites
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/floating-island-with-coconut-milk-and-mango-chutney (may not work)