Floating Island Or Boiled Custard - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 whole eggs plus 5 egg yolks
3/4 c. sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
6 c. milk
2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Heat milk to warm, but not hot.
Combine eggs, egg yolks, sugar and salt.
Slowly strain into warm milk.
Cook over hot, not boiling, water, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and coats a heavy spoon.
Remove pan immediately from hot water and place in pan of cool water.
When cool, add vanilla.
Chill. (Custard may curdle if water boils.) Float ice cream, whipped cream or broken pieces of angel food cake on top of custard.