No Fluff Tapioca Pudding
photo by FLKeysJen
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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3-4
ingredients
- 3 cups milk, -divided (I used half ff milk and half ff half and half)
- 1⁄3 cup small pearl tapioca (not instant)
- 1 egg (lightly beaten)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 cup sugar (its plenty sweet, could use less)
- 1 vanilla beans, split or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 dash nutmeg (optional)
- 1 dash cinnamon (optional)
directions
- In a heavy bottomed sauce pan combine 1 cup milk with tapioca pearls; let soak for at least 30 minutes.
- After soaking is done, whisk in egg, salt, sugar and remaining milk and vanilla bean (if using) scraping the paste with a knife and throw in the pod (if using vanilla extract add at the very end after pudding is complete).
- Over medium heat bring mixture barely to a boil (about 15 minutes) stirring constantly. Be very careful to keep stirring so not to scorch it. If it scorches it's no good, throw out and start over.
- When boiling reduce heat and let mixture fall to a simmer. Continue stirring until the tapioca is fully cooked and the pudding is thickened. This could take 20 to 45 minutes--watch your tapioca it will tell you when it is done. It will swell up and become almost entirely translucent. Taste often for doneness. I like my tapioca a little chewy.
- When finished remove from heat and add vanilla extract if using. Also if using the cinnamon/nutmeg add now, let cool a bit and enjoy.
- This is best served warm, but good cold too.
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Reviews
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Perfect! I used all half-and-half, so the results were super creamy and rich. I put everything in a glass bowl in a pot of boiling water so that scorching wasn't an issue and I didn't have to stir constantly (although it still needs frequent stirring). Will definitely be using this recipe from now on. Thanks!
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Yeah! I'm so glad to find a recipe that works without a double broiler and turns out perfect! I used the large frog-eye tapioca so I soaked it in the milk over night in the frig. I will double the recipe next time, as my husband devoured most of this batch which only made approximately 2 cups. Very yummy!
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This recipe is wonderful; however, I used Reese small pearl, not instant, tapioca and was not happy with the results. The tapioca dissolved which gave the pudding a weird texture with very few small tapioca pearls. I've made tapioca pudding before, and this recipe would have been wonderful with another brand. I will definitely make this again, because I love that it doesn't require separate beating of egg whites. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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Love this recipe! Always make it with 2 cups milk and 1 cup cream.Didn't have time to watch it carefully, so put in the microwave. Came out great! After soaking in 2 cups milk, put in microwave on HIGH(100%) until it boiled (about 5 minutes...stirring every couple of minutes,so it doesn't glob together). Then on MED-HI (70%) for about 20 minutes or until it got to the chewiness I like. Then added the 1 cup cream, sugar, egg and vanilla. Just cooked for a few minutes on MED(50%) til it thickened. Sometimes I like to add a couple of lemon peel strips and a bay leaf for flavour when cooking with the milk. You take them out before serving, of course. Thanks for posting sprue.
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