Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Tapioca Cream

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp. Tapioca
  • 5 cups of Milk
  • 1 cup of Sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 tsp of Dixie Vanilla
  • Salt

Directions

  1. Soak two tablespoons of tapioca in water over night or for at least three hours.
  2. In a double boiler, combine milk, tapioca, sugar and salt and bring the mixture to a boil. 
  3. Let it boil for ten minutes.
  4. While the mixture is boiling, separate the egg yolks from the egg whites and beat the egg yolks thoroughly.
  5. After the ten minutes, remove the mixture from the fire, add the egg yolks and stir rapidly for five minutes.
  6. Add a teaspoon of vanilla for flavor and pour the mixture into a baking dish.
  7. Beat the egg whites to a stiff froth and pour over the top. 
  8. Sift sugar over it and brown.
  9. Serve cold with cream. 
Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Sofia Urbina
Louisiana Anthology
July 19, 2022

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