Red Bean Tapioca Dessert Food

CHINESE SWEET RED BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Combine water and beans in a large pot, bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to simmer, cook uncovered till beans are tender (about 2 hours?).
• Add lotus seed and sugar (plus tapioca and rice balls if you choose to), cook until soup thickens a little and lotus seeds are tender, but not mushy (20 minutes).
• Add vanilla, serve hot for a perfect winter dessert, or you can let the soup cool down, then add ice.
• With this basic recipe, you can take out all the beans, increase the amount of lotus seeds and have a lotus seeds sweet soup instead.

BAKED TAPIOCA PUDDING WITH CINNAMON SUGAR BRûLéE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300 degrees
• In a medium saucepan, bring the milk, cream and cinnamon stick to a simmer. Whisk in the tapioca. Simmer until the pearls are completely tender, about 20 minutes.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, granulated sugar and salt. Whisking constantly, pour in a third of the tapioca mixture. Whisk yolk mixture into the pot of tapioca; simmer over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a heat-proof spatula, until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer pudding to a buttered 1.5-quart gratin dish. Sprinkle the top with Demerara sugar and cinnamon. Bake, uncovered, until the pudding is firm around the edges and jiggly in the center, about 30 minutes. Put under the broiler until top is bubbling and golden, 3 to 5 minutes. (Watch carefully to make sure it doesn't burn.) Eat warm, or chill and serve cold, removing the cinnamon stick while serving.

TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Grease mold well and let it chill in refrigerator.
• Combine milk, cream, vanilla, tapioca and currants in saucepan and bring to boil. Turn down heat and simmer for 6 to 7 minutes while stirring constantly with wooden spoon. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Combine sugar, egg yolks, gelatin and orange peel in bowl and whisk rapidly until light and lemon colored.
• Pour 1/2 cup of tapioca mixture into egg yolk mixture; stir well.
• Pour egg yolk mixture into saucepan. Bring to boil and cook for 1 minute. Let cool until warm enough to touch. Remove vanilla bean.
• Pour pudding mixture into chilled mold and let it cool several hours. Before demolding, run mold under warm water.