Classic Old Fashioned Tapioca Pudding

By AzWench

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup Bob's Red Mill Small Pearl Tapioca
• 3/4 cup water
• 2 1/4 cups 2% milk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, separated
• 12 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Soak small pearl tapioca in water for 30 minutes in a 1 1/2 quart saucepan.

Add milk, salt and lightly beaten egg yolks to tapioca and stir over medium heat until boiling. Simmer uncovered over very low heat for 10-15 minutes. Stir often.

Beat egg whites with sugar until soft peaks form. Fold about 3/4 cup of hot tapioca into egg whites, then gently fold mixture back into saucepan. Stir over low heat for about 3 minutes. Cool 15 minutes then add vanilla. Serve warm or chilled, plain or with nutmeg or with coconut mixed in.