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Tapioca Pudding

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This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Pudding
Midge's Testing Notes: As a tapioca rookie, I appreciated thirschfeld’s specific direction on taking the pudding mixture to just the right level of boil so it wouldn’t break. Besides this crucial step, the recipe...
As a tapioca rookie, I appreciated thirschfeld’s specific direction on taking the pudding mixture to just the right level of boil so it wouldn’t break. Besides this crucial step, the recipe is a cinch. Basically, you combine most of the ingredients in a sauce pan, let them sit before and after a gentle boil, and voila -- a lovely, ethereal pudding that you can't seem to get enough of.

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thirschfeld's Notes: Just as the package says, comforting when served warm and soothing when served chilled. While it may not be essential it is classic and a simple bowl of this stuff can take your mind racing...
Just as the package says, comforting when served warm and soothing when served chilled. While it may not be essential it is classic and a simple bowl of this stuff can take your mind racing, high speed, back to your childhood, a rainy fall day or a hot summer night on the porch swing. However you choose to serve it it is oddly addicting. It can linger like the memory of your first real kiss, and the variations are endless so it can be as torrid as make-up sex. - thirschfeld

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Serves 4 to 6

1/3 cup honey, clover or wildflower Ask a question about this ingredient

3 tablespoons instant tapioca Ask a question about this ingredient

1 tablespoon turbinado sugar Ask a question about this ingredient

2 1/2 cups whole milk Ask a question about this ingredient

1 egg, beaten Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Ask a question about this ingredient

2 tablespoons minced almonds Ask a question about this ingredient

1/16 heaping teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg Ask a question about this ingredient

Place the honey, sugar, tapioca, egg, nutmeg and the milk into a sauce pan. Let the pan set for 30 minutes.
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Over medium heat and while stirring, bring the pudding to a soft boil. I made this three times and every time I brought it to a full boil it broke. A soft boil is when just the outside edges of the liquid begin to roil and creep from the side of the pan toward the center of the pan by about a 1/2 inch.
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Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Let the pudding rest for twenty minutes. Serve warm with crushed almonds on top or put it in the fridge till well chilled. Wait to garnish with the almonds until you serve it.
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10 Comments on Tapioca Pudding

Vobmcm added about 1 month ago

This honey-laden pudding is memorable and delicious. It has become one of my signature dishes...

Arathi added about 1 year ago

After a rough day at work that featured painkillers and muscle relaxants, I read the EP comments and decided this is what I wanted for dinner last night! I made it while making dinner for my BF, shoved a few brussels sprouts into my mouth to satisfy his demands for "nutrition", and ate it under his stern gaze. It was yummy, and just what I needed, and so quick. Thanks for the recipe!

AntoniaJames added about 1 year ago

This looks so good. I really like the minced almonds on top. Nothing like a few nut tidbits to perk up a pudding. Definitely going to make this one. ;o)

mrslarkin added about 1 year ago

hehehe. I like your picture.

thirschfeld added about 1 year ago

I kinda liked it too. Strangely the bowl and spoon look like they are actually part of the cover.

mrslarkin added about 1 year ago

and the Veuve Clicquot ribbon is a nice touch too. my bookmarks are usually old receipts and ripped up post it notes. I wish more cookbooks had those built-in ribbon thingees.

thirschfeld added about 1 year ago

I like the ribbon thingies too. I found a receipt from a grocery store that doesn't exist anymore in one of my books and the prices were unbelievably low. Ripped up post it notes are my favorite. It starts out a whole note and then as you find more recipes the note becomes smaller and smaller.