Old fashioned pearl tapioca

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup PEARL Tapioca
1 cup Milk
3 cups Milk
5 Egg yolks
1 Lemon rind, grated
Juice of 1/2 lemon
¾ cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
5 Egg whites

Directions

Soak tapioca in 1 cup milk overnight. In a double boiler add tapioca and milk mixture plus 3 more cups milk and cook 3 hours over hot water; cool. In a baking dish, combine: tapioca mixture, the beaten egg yolks, lemon rind and juice, vanilla, sugar and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake 15 minutes at 325 F and serve hot or cold.

Options: Replace vanilla with a couple of tablespoons of navy rum or brandy. Add fruit to the baked tapioca or make a fruit sauce to pour over the finished pudding.

Submitted By JIM WELLER On 02-08-95 (1941)

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