Irish Crock Pot Chocolate Tapioca Pudding Food

IRISH CROCK POT CHOCOLATE TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Large (minimum 5 quart oval slow cooker.
• Lightly greased 6-cup baking dish. (1.5 L).
• In a bowl, combine tapioca pearls with water to cover. Stir well and set aside for 20 minutes. Drain, discarding liquid. Transfer to prepared baking dish.
• Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat 1 cup of the milk over low heat just until simmering. (Do not boil.) Remove from heat. Add chocolate and stir until melted. Pour into prepared baking dish and stir to combine.
• In blender, combine eggs, sugar, remaining 1 1/2 cups of the milk, liqueur and vanilla. Blend until smooth. Add to prepared baking dish and stir well. Cover with foil and secure with string. Place dish in slow cooker stoneware and add enough boiling water to come 1 inch up the sides of dish. Cover and cook on High for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, until a knife inserted in the pudding comes out clean. Stir well. Serve warm or cover and chill overnight. Top with a dollop of whipped cream. Serves 6.
• 175 Essential Slow Cooker Classics F. Finlayson.

CHOCOLATE ALMOND TAPIOCA PUDDING (SLOW COOKER)

Steps:

• Use a 4 qt slow cooker. Combine the milk, sugar and tapioca in the insert. Stir well to mix.
• Cover and cook on High for two to three hours. It will still be soupy at this point.
• In a medium or large mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, almond extract, and cocoa powder.
• Remove 1/2 cup of the hot tapioca/milk mix from the crockpot, and stir into the eggs, whisking all the time. A standard ladle is 1/2 cup. Add another 1/2 cup of the hot mix, whisk thoroughly, and then another 1/2 cup. This tempers the eggs, so that they don't turn into scrambled eggs.
• Pour the egg mixture into the slow cooker and stir very thoroughly to combine.
• Cover and cook on High for 30 minutes to one hour, or until the tapioca has begun to swell and thicken.
• Turn off the slow cooker, remove the lid and let this stand an hour to thicken further. Remove to a large bowl, cover with plastic pushing the plastic against the tapioca (to prevent a skin from forming), and chill.
• Note1: I used seed tapioca, about the size of sesame seeds. I will try this using a couple of tablespoons less, to get a slightly looser consistency, although it was just fine the way it was.
• Note2: I used 2% milk, as that was what I had. I also used only 3/4 cup sugar - the original recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups, and that would have been much too sweet for me. I might double the amount of cocoa powder next time.

CHOCOLATE MINUTE® TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Beat egg, milk, sugar and tapioca with wire whisk in medium saucepan until well blended; let stand 5 min. Add chocolate.
• Bring to full rolling boil on medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla.
• Cool 20 min. (Pudding thickens as it cools.) Stir. Serve warm or chilled. Stir before serving.

CHOCOLATE TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Milk the milk, tapioca, egg, and sugar together in a saucepan until the sugar has dissolved; allow to stand for 5 minutes.
• Whisk in the chocolate and cocoa powder.
• Place over medium heat, bring to a boil, whisking constantly, and let boil for 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and whisk in the vanilla extract. Allow to cool for 20 minutes. Serve warm or chilled.

CROCKPOT TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine the milk, sugar, and tapioca pearls in crockpot (4 quart size or larger). Stir thoroughly, cover and cook on high for approximately 3.5 hours, or until the tapioca is soft but the mixture is still runny.
• Mix the eggs with the vanilla in a separate bowl. In order to avoid having scrambled eggs in your pudding by adding the eggs directly into the hot pudding mixture, "temper" the eggs by gradually whisking a total of 2 cups of the hot milk and tapioca mixture into the bowl containing the eggs. This brings the eggs up to temperate slowly. Once the eggs have been tempered in this fashion, pour them into the slow cooker and whisk the whole mixture thoroughly.
• Cover and cook on high for another 45 minutes, or until the tapioca is pudding-like in consistency. Turn off slow cooker and let it sit for 1 hour to cool. Spoon into dishes and chill thoroughly in the refrigerator before serving. I love serving it while it's still warm during the wintertime. Sprinkle a little cinnamon and/or nutmeg on top, if desired. Enjoy!

SLOW COOKER TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Stir together the milk, sugar, tapioca, and eggs in a slow cooker. Cover, and cook on Medium for 3 hours, or on Low for 6 hours, stirring occasionally. Serve warm.

CHOCOLATE TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine sugar, tapioca, and salt in a saucepan; stir in milk and egg.
• Let stand 5 minutes.
• Add chopped chocolate squares and instant coffee.
• Cook, stirring over medium heat, until mixture comes to a full boil and chocolate is blended, about 15 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• Cool for 20 minutes; stir and chill.
• Serve with whipped topping if desired.