Tapioca Pudding Food

TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Cook the tapioca: Combine tapioca, milk, and salt in 1 1/2 quart pan on medium-high heat. Stir while bringing to a bare simmer. Lower the heat and cook, uncovered, at the lowest possible heat, adding sugar gradually until the tapioca pearls have plumped up and thickened. Depending on the type or brand of tapioca you are using (and if you've pre-soaked the tapioca as some brands call for), this could take anywhere from 5 minutes to 45 minutes of cooking at a very low temperature. Stir occasionally so the tapioca doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Temper the eggs with a little hot tapioca: Beat eggs in a separate bowl. Whisk in some of the hot tapioca very slowly to equalize the temperature of the two (to avoid curdling).
• Add the tempered eggs to the pudding, cool, then add the vanilla: Slowly add the eggs to the tapioca in the pan. Increase the heat to medium and stir for several minutes until you get a thick pudding consistency. Do not let the mixture boil or the tapioca egg custard will curdle. Cool 15 minutes. Stir in vanilla. Serve either warm or chilled.

CREAMY TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• 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.

OLD FASHIONED TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Soak the pearls in water overnight, covered well with water. Drain the water off.
• Heat the milk, cream, vanilla bean (split and scraped), and tapioca to a slow simmer in a heavy pot and cook for 1 hour, stirring often.
• Add the sugar and salt. Bring to a simmer being careful not to let the tapioca stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Put the yolks into a bowl and stir in some of the tapioca mixture to temper the eggs.
• Then add yolks to the pan while stirring. Pour into a bowl and cool.
• You can it it warm (as I hear it is often served in the colder months) We like ours after it has chilled several hours in the fridge at any time of year.

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.

TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Place tapioca in a medium mixing bowl along with the water, cover, and let stand overnight.
• Drain water from tapioca. Place the tapioca into a slow cooker along with the milk, heavy cream, and salt. Cook on high for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolk and sugar. Temper small amounts of the tapioca into the egg mixture until you have added at least 1 cup. Then add this back into the remaining tapioca in the slow cooker. Add the lemon zest and stir to combine. Cook for an additional 15 minutes, stirring at least once. Transfer the pudding to a bowl and cover the surface with plastic wrap. Allow to cool at room temperature for 1 hour and then place in the refrigerator until thoroughly chilled.

SIMPLE TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• I recommend soaking the tapioca pearls in 2 cups of water the night before as it reduces some of the excess starch and means less cooking time.
• In a 1-1/2 quart saucepan, combine the tapioca pearls, the milk, and salt. Stir frequently on medium-high heat until the mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to minimum and simmer 5 minutes. Add the sugar in gradually, stirring constantly.
• In a separate bowl, beat the 2 eggs. A little at a time, add some of the tapioca mixture to the eggs and continue stirring. This is "tempering" the eggs and will bring them up to temperature gently, preventing the eggs from scrambling.
• Add the tempered egg mixture to the tapioca. Gently bring the mixture back up to near-boiling. Reduce heat to minimum and simmer, stirring constantly, until desired consistency is reached. Pearls should be translucent and gelatinous.
• Allow tapioca to cool 15 minutes before adding the vanilla. Serve warm or chill until serving time.

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.

VANILLA TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Soak tapioca in cold water overnight or for at least 3 hours.
• Heat milk until it is steaming, not boiling.
• Drain excess water from tapioca and add to the hot milk, stirring constantly and scraping the bottom with a wide flat utensil until it is steaming again--do not boil.
• Immediately reduce heat to very low, lower than the setting for cooking white rice, just hot enough to see a few vapors.
• Stir often the first few minutes then add the sugar and salt; and additional milk if needed.
• Check and stir the bottom of the mixture about every 5 minutes and add milk as needed to maintain a consistency similar to oatmeal cooking.
• Cook for about 45 minutes or until the tapioca pearls are translucent (no white specks in the center) and the mixture is sufficiently thickened.
• (Notes: One may thicken the hot sweetened milk and tapioca in a double boiler although a heavy saucepan is fine if given careful attention--this pudding will scorch easily if you're distracted! Should problems appear, immediately transfer to another pan; avoid and discard anything caramel or brown colored).
• When thickened and the pearls are translucent, stir in vanilla and transfer to a bowl or individual pudding cups.
• Cover and chill--serve with whipped cream and cinnamon or fruit.
• (Note: The pudding will thicken more as it chills).

FLUFFY TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine milk, tapioca, sugar and salt in a saucepan; let sit 5 minutes; add egg yolks; bring to boil, stirring constantly; remove from heat (mixture will be thin); stir in vanilla.
• Pour the pudding into a serving bowl; stir 1/3 of the stiffly beaten egg whites into the pudding; gently fold in remaining egg whites, leaving little"pillows" of egg white; chill.