World Flavors Cookbook

Madártej (Bird's Milk)

Name: Madártej (Bird's Milk)
Cook time: 15 min
Cuisine: Hungary
Ingredients: 1 liter milk; 4 eggs; 100g sugar; Vanilla bean.

Poached meringue clouds floating on a pool of rich, vanilla-scented custard.

Cuisine: Hungary

Ingredients

1. Make a vanilla custard with yolks and milk. 2. Beat whites with sugar. 3. Poach spoonfuls of meringue in simmering milk. 4. Place "clouds" on the custard and chill.