Tapioca Pudding
Years ago, the preparation of tapioca pudding was not a last-minute inspiration. “We used the big pearl tapioca that had to soak overnight,” explains one elderly woman. Despite that, “we ate a lot of tapioca pudding,” says another.
Ingrediënten
- 4 cups milk
- ⅓ cup minute tapioca
- 2 eggs separated
- ½ cup sugar
- pinch of salt
- ½ tsp. vanilla or lemon extract
Instructies
- Combine milk and tapioca in heavy saucepan.
- Cook, stirring constantly, until tapioca is clear.
- Beat egg yolks with sugar and salt.
- Add ½ cup hot milk mixture to egg yolks.
- Return this to remaining hot milk.
- Heat again to boiling point.
- Boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat.
- Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and flavoring.
- Pour into serving dishes.
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