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      Title: Natillas (Floating Islands)
 Categories: Desserts, Mexican
      Yield: 1 Batch
 
  4 1/2 c  Whole milk; cold
      4    Eggs; separated
      5 tb Corn starch
  1 1/4 c  Sugar; +8 tb, divided
      3 ts Vanilla
           Cinnamon or nutmeg
 
  Dissolve corn starch in 1/2 cup milk. Beat egg yolks with vanilla and
  add--mix well. In a heavy sauce pan, combine 4 cups of milk and 1-1/4
  cups sugar. Place on low heat until mixture comes to a slow boil--add
  beaten eggs yolks very slowly to the boiling mixture. Continue to
  cook until consistency of soft custard. Beat the egg whites stiff but
  not dry. Lower speed and add 8 tb sugar--then mix at high speed.
  Spread egg whites on bottom of serving bowl and pour hot custard on
  top. When egg whites rise, sprinkle with cinnamon.
  
  Recipe by South of the Border Tex-Mex Cookin by Les Blair, 1995
 
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