Apricot Pudding

Ingredients

• 1/2 pint of granulated tapioca
• Can of apricots 
• Half cup of sugar  
• Cream 

Directions

1. Soak 1/2 pint of granulated tapioca overnight in enough water to cover it. 
2. Drain the juice from a can of apricots and add/stir to the tapioca. Reserve apricots.
3. Add a half cup of sugar and enough water to tapioca to create the consistency of pudding.
4. Boil pudding until tapioca until becomes clear.
5. Cover the bottom of a pudding dish with apricots. 
6. Sprinkle apricots with additional sugar and layer with tapioca pudding. 
7. Bake for half an hour and serve cold with cream. 

Source — New Orleans Cookbook
Prepared by Faith Love
Louisiana Anthology
March 24, 2022