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Tasha's Tapioca Pudding Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 cups organic milk, divided
⅓ cup small pearl tapioca
2 extra yolks, slightly beaten
¼ tsp fine-grain sea salt
⅓ cup sugar
1 vanilla bean, split along the length (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
cinnamon or nutmeg for garnish
Directions:
Directions:
Pour ¾ cup of the milk into a medium-sized, thick bottomed pot. Add the tapioca and soak for 60 minutes. Whisk in the egg yolks, salt, sugar and the remaining milk. Scrape the vanilla bean along its length and add the bean 'paste' along with the bean itself to the pot. (If you're using vanilla extract in place of the bean, add it at the end, after the pudding is completely cooked.)

Over medium heat slowly bring the mixture just barely to a boil, stirring all along -this should take about 15 minutes. Reduce the heat and let the mixture fall to a simmer. Keep it here until the tapioca is fully cooked, another 20 minutes or so. the tapioca will tell you when it's ready if you watch carefully. The tapioca beads will swell up and become almost translucent. The pudding will thicken dramatically as well.It is critical to keep stirring to avoid scorching. Remove from heat and let cool a bit. Tapioca tastes best when served warm, but is delicious cold as well.

For a lighter pudding, add the egg whites beaten stiff, folding in when the pudding is slightly cool. Sprinkle ground cinnamon or nutmeg on top.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4 to 6
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I remember Cuca making tapioca pudding often. However I hesitated to make it because it seemed so complicated. When my granddaughter Natasha spent a school year with us, she told me her dad would often buy tapioca pudding and she loved it. So I suggested she try to make some. The results were wonderful and she made it several times while she was here.

 

 

 

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