Jamaican Tapioca Pudding Food

JAMAICAN TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Soak tapioca in the water for 30 minutes in a 1 1/2 quart saucepan.
• Lightly beat the egg yolks.
• After the 30 minutes; add milk, rum, salt, and egg yolks to the tapioca.
• Stir over medium heat until boiling. Turn heat down to low.
• Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes; stirring often.
• Beat the egg whites with the sugar until soft peaks form.
• After the 15 minutes, fold about 3/4 cup of hot tapioca into the egg whites and then gently fold egg mixture back into your saucepan. Stir well over low heat for about 3 more minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool for 15 minutes then stir in vanilla, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.
• Serve warm or chilled.

CLASSIC TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Stir together the milk, tapioca, sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 5 minutes longer.
• Whisk 1 cup of the hot milk mixture into the beaten eggs, 2 tablespoons at a time until incorporated. Stir the egg mixture back into the tapioca until well mixed. Bring the pudding to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer until the pudding becomes thick enough to evenly coat the back of a metal spoon. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. The pudding may be served hot or poured into serving dishes and refrigerated several hours until cold.

LARGE PEARL TAPIOCA PUDDING (AKA EYEBALL PUDDING)

Steps:

• Bring milk to a boil in a double boiler over simmering water.
• Add salt and tapioca to milk.
• Stirring constantly, cook tapioca in double boiler for 1 hour or until tapioca is clear and milk is thickened.
• Beat egg whites with 1/2 cup sugar until firm peaks, set aside.
• Beat yolks with remaining 1/2 cup sugar.
• Temper yolks with some of the hot custard.
• Stir tempered yolks into hot custard, cook over double boiler an additional 15 minutes.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Remove from heat and gently fold in egg whites.
• Pour tapioca into a serving bowl, cover and chill.

OLD-FASHIONED TAPIOCA

Steps:

• In a 4- to 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the milk, tapioca, sugar and salt. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours., In a large bowl, beat the eggs; stir in a small amount of hot tapioca mixture. Return all to the slow cooker, stirring to combine. Cover and cook 30 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 160°. Stir in vanilla., Serve with strawberries and whipped cream if desired.