Creamy Rocky Road Tapioca Pudding Recipes

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.

TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Add milk, cream, sugar and salt to a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, then stir in tapioca and reduce heat to low. Cook, stirring often, until mixture has slightly thickened, and the tapioca pearls have plumped and softened, about 45 minutes.
• Add the eggs to a bowl and whisk to combine.
• Add a spoonful of hot tapioca mixture to the beaten eggs, stirring well as you pour it in. Repeat with another few spoonfuls of hot tapioca, stirring after each. (This helps temper the eggs and bring them to a warm temperature without "scrambling" them.)
• Add tempered egg mixture to the saucepan with tapioca and stir well to combine. Cook for 2-5 more minutes, just until thickened (keep in mind it will continue to thicken as it cools). Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• Transfer to a serving bowl and place a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the pudding (to keep it from forming a rubbery skin on the surface). Allow it to cool before serving. Serve either warm or chilled.

CREAMY VANILLA TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Mix the tapioca pearls with the milk in a large pot and let them soak for at least an hour.
• Add the salt and bring the mixture to a boil.
• Simmer on low heat for five minutes while adding the sugar gradually.
• Beat the egg in a separate bowl and mix in about half of the hot mixture. Pour the egg back into the pot and mix well.
• Bring the mixture to a boil again and then cut it down to low heat.
• Mix in the vanilla extract.
• Simmer for another ten minutes, stirring constantly.