On 5/6/2008 6:08 PM Nonnymus plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said:
Nonnymus wrote:
On the Star Princess, one luncheon we had a dessert we really
enjoyed. I asked its name, and the waiter said it was something like
"Balacutta or Ballacutta." The dessert is about the consistency of
jello, but pure white and has a milky flavor. The waiter said it had
no gelatin in it, but was just made from milk, eggs and sugar.

I've tried Googling for the recipe, but obviously have an incorrect
spelling of the word and cannot come up with an alternative that
generates a hit. Do any of you all possibly know the correct name or
better yet, of a recipe?


Thanks to all for the names and recipes. I was pretty sure I'd
written the name down phonetically correct, but my little hearing
problem may have munged things. The fellow did mention eggs, however,
but he might have been mistaken.

could be any number of things. Sounds sort of like Flan, or maybe Tres
Leches. One possibility for what you are writing as Ballacutta might be
Bella Cotta or maybe Bella Ricotta, the latter translating as beautiful
or good Ricotta cheese. But I don't know if that's correct.

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