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Creamy Tapioca Pudding
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- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
directions
- In a bowl, soak tapioca in 2 cups of room temperature water overnight.
- Drain water.
- In double boiler, heat milk just until no longer cold.
- Add salt and tapioca.
- Continue heating until small bubbles appear at sides of pan.
- Cover, turn heat to very low and cook for one hour.
- Make sure that milk mixture does not simmer or boil.
- Separate egg whites from yolks.
- Beat egg yolks and sugar toether until light yellow in color.
- Add a little of the hot mixture to the egg yolks and blend thoroughly.
- Then add the egg yolk mixture to the hot milk mixture, stirring constantly.
- Place the double boiler over medium heat and cook until tapioca mixture is very thick, about 15 minutes.
- Beat egg whites until stiff.
- Slowly fold the hot tapioca mixture into the egg whites.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Serve warm or chilled.
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Reviews
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I was very pleased with this recipe which gave a light and creamy pudding. It is time consuming, but it gave me far better results than other recipes for Tapioca that I have tried. I plan to make it for company and will serve it in a stemmed desert dish with a dash of cinnamon and possibly a raspberry or blueberry garnish.
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This was my first attempt making tapioca pudding, and it turned out just as I hoped. The recipe says it can be served warm right away, but I found the consistancy too soupy at first. After chilling for a few hours it was perfect, so I'd recommend preparing it hours ahead. I love how this recipe can be made out of ordinary household ingredients, and despite being time consuming it's really quite simple to make. Thanks for the great recipe.
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Tweaks
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Great recipe. <br/><br/>Couple tips and things I'll do different next time that you all might find handy:<br/>1) Reduce sugar to 3/4c maybe. Was a bit sweet and I even have a sweet tooth!<br/>2) Double the recipe!<br/>3) Soak tapioca overnight in 1 cup of milk instead of water. Then don't drain to cook. Make sure you have the full amount of milk to cook with though (ie - if you need 5 cups, you might add 4 1/2 to the recipe because about 1/2 cup will still be in the soaked tapioca)<br/>4) Slightly cool cooked mixture before folding in egg whites, otherwise I felt mine cooked/curded a bit. I knew better than that...but the recipe didn't say so.<br/>4)
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