Vanilla Nut Parfait

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 beaten egg white
• 3/4 cup cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup chopped nut meats, walnuts, pecans, or blanched almonds

Instructions

1. Boil sugar and water until syrup will spin a thread when dropped from tip of spoon, pour slowly on beaten egg white and continue beating until mixture is cool. Beat cream until stiff, add vanilla, and fold into the first mixture with chopped nut meats. Pack in ice and salt, and let stand three or four hours. Servings, 4.