Low-Cal Tapioca Pudding
- Ready In:
- 10hrs 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
2 cups
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 3 1⁄2 ounces large pearl tapioca (approximately 1/2 cup)
- 2 cups cold water
- 2 1⁄2 cups nonfat milk
- 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
- 1 egg yolk
- 6 (1 g) packets sugar substitute (up to 9 packets, to taste)
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 1 pinch salt
directions
- Soak tapioca, covered, in cold water overnight. Drain well and place into slow cooker.
- Add milk, cream and salt. Cook on high 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
- In a small bowl, whisk sugar substitute into egg yolk. Temper small amounts of pudding base (1-2 tbsp at a time) into egg yolk to bring the temperature up slowly. When you've added about 1 cup of pudding base, transfer back into slow cooker. Add lemon zest, stir to combine and cook an additional 15 minutes.
- Transfer to a medium bowl. Place a layer of plastic wrap down so it touches the surface of the pudding (to prevent a skin from forming), cool at room temperature for about 1 hour, then refrigerate. Serve cold.
- Substitutions: You can use 3 cups whole milk in place of the skim milk and heavy cream; the fat content will be about the same. Do not use all skim milk - it will be flat and the flavors will be very muted.
- Substitutions: You can leave out the lemon zest and use 1 1/2 tsp good, pure vanilla extract. You could also add 1 tbsp Dutched cocoa powder to the egg yolk and add 2 ounces melted bittersweet chocolate when you add the tempered egg yolk to the pot. Other potential flavorants: maple syrup, Irish Cream liqueur, instant espresso powder, fruit purées -- use your imagination.
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DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!