Citrus Spiced Tapioca Recipe From Scratch

HOMEMADE TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• In a medium bowl soak tapioca in water overnight (about 8 hours). Drain water.
• In a double boiler heat milk until no longer cold. Stir in salt and tapioca. Continue heating until small bubbles appear at the sides of the pan. Cover, turn heat to low and cook for 1 hour. Make sure the milk does not simmer or boil.
• In a medium mixing bowl wisk together sugar and egg yolks until light in color. While whisking add a little bit of the hot milk mixture. 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.
• Gently fold in beaten egg whites into the hot tapioca mixture. Stir in vanilla. 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.

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.

TWO SPICE VANILLA TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Soak the tapioca in warm water to cover for 1 hour. Drain; set aside. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly butter a 12-inch oval baking dish; place in a roasting pan. Mix tapioca, milk, sugar, and salt in heavy non-aluminum saucepan; bring to a boil over medium heat while whisking. Lower heat; let mixture simmer 10 minutes, whisking occasionally. Remove from heat; quickly whisk in yolks, vanilla, spices. Beat egg whites with cream of tartar in another bowl until just stiff. Whisk half a cupful into the tapioca, then fold in the remaining egg whites. Pour tapioca mixture into baking dish. Place dish in roasting pan on middle shelf of oven; pour several inches of boiling water around the outside of the oval dish. Bake about 35 minutes until top is puffed and golden. The inside will be soft. Remove, cool slightly, serve warm or at room temperature.;

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.