Best Tapioca Pudding Recipes

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.

TAPIOCA PUDDING (USING MINUTE TAPIOCA)

Steps:

• Mix sugar, tapioca, milk and egg in a saucepan, let set 5 minutes.
• Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, til mixture comes to a full boil.
• Remove from heat, then stir in vanilla.
• Cool 20 minutes, then stir.
• Serve warm or cold.

COCONUT TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Bring the tapioca, coconut milk, and salt to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the sugar until dissolved.
• Beat the egg in a bowl until smooth. Whisk in about 1/2 cup of the hot tapioca mixture, 1 tablespoon at a time, then scrape the egg mixture into the simmering pudding, and stir. Simmer gently until thickened, 3 to 5 minutes , then remove from the heat and allow to cool for 10 minutes before stirring in the vanilla extract. Serve either warm or chilled.

MINUTE TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Mix sugar,tapioca, milk and egg in medium sauce pan and let stand 5 minutes
• 2. Cook on Medium heat, stiring constantly, until mixture comes to a full boil (pudding thickens as it cools). Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• 3. Cool 20 minutes. Serve warm or chilled. Store leftover puddng in refrigerator.
• 4. NOTE: This is the original recipe from the side of the box of Minute Tapioca. I make all of my puddings in the microwave. You never have to worry about scalding, sticking or burning if preparing in the microwave. However, you do need to keep an eye on it through the window of the microwave so it doesn't boil over.
• 5. HINT: If you cover pudding with plastic wrap or a cover of some sort while cooling, pudding will not get the thick gooey layer on top.

LARGE PEARL TAPIOCA PUDDING (AKA EYEBALL PUDDING)

Steps:

• Bring milk to a boil in a double boiler over simmering water.
• Add salt and tapioca to milk.
• Stirring constantly, cook tapioca in double boiler for 1 hour or until tapioca is clear and milk is thickened.
• Beat egg whites with 1/2 cup sugar until firm peaks, set aside.
• Beat yolks with remaining 1/2 cup sugar.
• Temper yolks with some of the hot custard.
• Stir tempered yolks into hot custard, cook over double boiler an additional 15 minutes.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Remove from heat and gently fold in egg whites.
• Pour tapioca into a serving bowl, cover and chill.

TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Place tapioca in a medium mixing bowl along with the water, cover, and let stand overnight.
• Drain water from tapioca. Place the tapioca into a slow cooker along with the milk, heavy cream, and salt. Cook on high for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolk and sugar. Temper small amounts of the tapioca into the egg mixture until you have added at least 1 cup. Then add this back into the remaining tapioca in the slow cooker. Add the lemon zest and stir to combine. Cook for an additional 15 minutes, stirring at least once. Transfer the pudding to a bowl and cover the surface with plastic wrap. Allow to cool at room temperature for 1 hour and then place in the refrigerator until thoroughly chilled.

FLUFFY "TAPIOCA" PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Beat egg white in a medium size bowl with an electric mixer on high speed untilfoamy. Gradually add 3 Taablespoons sugar, slowly, beating till soft peaks form.
• 2. Mix tapioca, remaining 3 Tablespoons sugar, milk,and egg yolk in a medium saucepan. Let sit for at least 5 minutes.
• 3. Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a full boil. (a boil that doesn't stop bubbling when stirred)
• 4. Remove from heat. Quickly stir in fluffy egg whites untill well blended. Stir in vanila. Cool 20 minutes, stir. Serve warm or cold. With a sprinkle of ground nutmeg. To dress it up...add fruit, like canned sliced peaches and a dollop of whipped cream. NOTE: Picture #4 and recipe .. is from a Minute Tapioca Box..and KRAFT

COCONUT TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, lightly beat egg. Add coconut milk, milk, sugar, and tapioca; whisk to combine. Set aside, at least 5 minutes, until tapioca is slightly softened.
• Stirring constantly, bring mixture to a boil over medium heat; stir in vanilla. Transfer mixture to a bowl; cover with plastic wrap. Let cool until no longer hot, about 30 minutes. Refrigerate until cold, 2 to 3 hours (or up to 3 days).
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread coconut in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Toast, tossing once or twice, until golden, 10 to 15 minutes; let cool.
• Just before serving, whisk pudding to loosen. Divide among four serving glasses or dishes; top with pineapple and toasted coconut.

FLUFFY TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine milk, tapioca, sugar and salt in a saucepan; let sit 5 minutes; add egg yolks; bring to boil, stirring constantly; remove from heat (mixture will be thin); stir in vanilla.
• Pour the pudding into a serving bowl; stir 1/3 of the stiffly beaten egg whites into the pudding; gently fold in remaining egg whites, leaving little"pillows" of egg white; chill.

OLD FASHIONED TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Soak the pearls in water overnight, covered well with water. Drain the water off.
• Heat the milk, cream, vanilla bean (split and scraped), and tapioca to a slow simmer in a heavy pot and cook for 1 hour, stirring often.
• Add the sugar and salt. Bring to a simmer being careful not to let the tapioca stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Put the yolks into a bowl and stir in some of the tapioca mixture to temper the eggs.
• Then add yolks to the pan while stirring. Pour into a bowl and cool.
• You can it it warm (as I hear it is often served in the colder months) We like ours after it has chilled several hours in the fridge at any time of year.

SLOW COOKER VANILLA TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Stir milk, sugar, tapioca, and eggs together in a slow cooker crock.
• Cook on Low, stirring once per hour, for 6 hours. Stir vanilla into the pudding.

VANILLA TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the milk, tapioca, sugar and pudding mix. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. , Spoon into four dessert dishes. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.

EASY FRUIT JUICE TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Mix tapioca, salt and fruit juice in a small saucepan.
• Let it stand for 5 minutes.
• Cook on medium heat stirring constantly until mixture comes to a full boil.
• Remove from heat (The pudding thickens as it cools).
• Cool 20 minutes, and stir.
• Top with corn flakes and fresh fruit for a yummy, healthy snack.
• You can have this warm or chilled-- I like it chilled!

BAKED TAPIOCA PUDDING WITH CINNAMON SUGAR BRûLéE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300 degrees
• In a medium saucepan, bring the milk, cream and cinnamon stick to a simmer. Whisk in the tapioca. Simmer until the pearls are completely tender, about 20 minutes.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, granulated sugar and salt. Whisking constantly, pour in a third of the tapioca mixture. Whisk yolk mixture into the pot of tapioca; simmer over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a heat-proof spatula, until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer pudding to a buttered 1.5-quart gratin dish. Sprinkle the top with Demerara sugar and cinnamon. Bake, uncovered, until the pudding is firm around the edges and jiggly in the center, about 30 minutes. Put under the broiler until top is bubbling and golden, 3 to 5 minutes. (Watch carefully to make sure it doesn't burn.) Eat warm, or chill and serve cold, removing the cinnamon stick while serving.

RASPBERRY TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Mash and strain raspberries, reserving juice. Discard seeds. Add enough water to juice to measure 2 cups; pour into a large saucepan. Add grape juice, sugar and lemon zest strip. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. , Remove lemon zest strip. Add tapioca. Cook and stir for 10 minutes. Pour into bowls. Cover and chill for 4 hours or until set. , In a bowl, beat cream and confectioners' sugar until soft peaks form. Serve with pudding.

FRUIT JUICE TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in medium saucepan. Let stand 5 min.
• Bring to full rolling boil on medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
• Cool 20 min. (Pudding thickens as it cools.) Stir pudding. Serve warm or chilled.

APPLE TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Place the apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and tapioca into a bowl, and toss to coat apple slices.
• Place the apple mixture into a slow cooker. Pour lemon juice and boiling water over the apples.
• Set the cooker to High and cook until apples are tender and thickened, 3 to 4 hours.
• Mix in raisins if desired; serve warm.

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.

CROCKPOT TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine the milk, sugar, and tapioca pearls in crockpot (4 quart size or larger). Stir thoroughly, cover and cook on high for approximately 3.5 hours, or until the tapioca is soft but the mixture is still runny.
• Mix the eggs with the vanilla in a separate bowl. In order to avoid having scrambled eggs in your pudding by adding the eggs directly into the hot pudding mixture, "temper" the eggs by gradually whisking a total of 2 cups of the hot milk and tapioca mixture into the bowl containing the eggs. This brings the eggs up to temperate slowly. Once the eggs have been tempered in this fashion, pour them into the slow cooker and whisk the whole mixture thoroughly.
• Cover and cook on high for another 45 minutes, or until the tapioca is pudding-like in consistency. Turn off slow cooker and let it sit for 1 hour to cool. Spoon into dishes and chill thoroughly in the refrigerator before serving. I love serving it while it's still warm during the wintertime. Sprinkle a little cinnamon and/or nutmeg on top, if desired. Enjoy!

FRUIT JUICE TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Mix all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Let stand for 5 minutes.
• 2. Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a full boil. (Pudding thickens as it cools.) Remove from heat.
• 3. Cool 20 minutes; stir. Stir before serving. Serve warm or chilled.
• 4. Variation: Grape juice, pineapple juice, apple juice, grapefruit juice, cranberry juice, juice blends or mango nectar can be substituted for orange juice.