Tapioca Cream

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of tapioca
• 1 qt. of milk
• 0.5 cup of sugar
• the yolks of 3 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Soak tapioca overnight in just enough water to cover it.

2. 2

   In the morning, boil milk with soaked tapioca in a double boiler and add 0.5 cup of sugar and a little salt.

3. 3

   Heat yolks of eggs thoroughly and when milk has boiled for 10 minutes, stir in yolks.

4. 4

   Remove from fire and stir rapidly for 5 minutes to prevent curdling.

5. 5

   Flavor with vanilla, pour into a baking or pudding dish, beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth and pour over the top.

6. 6

   Sift sugar over the top and brown in the oven for a few minutes.

7. 7

   Serve cold.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Superior cook book (1905) by Grace Church (Ishpeming, Mich.), page 83. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Tapioca Cream. Soak '! tahlesjtoons of ta|iiot'a o\cr night in just enough water to c(jvei' it; in the morinng hoil 1 qt. of milk with the soaked tapioca hy placing in a douhli^ l)oiler and add % cu]) of sugar and a litth' salt; heat the yolks of .'1 eggs tlioi'ttugldy and when the milk has hoiled 10 minutes stir in the yolks. IJemove from lire and stir rapidly for 5 nunutes so tluil it will not curdle. Flavoi- with vanilla. ])our into baker or pudding dish; beat th.e A\liites of the eg!j.-s to a stitf froth and ])our o\er the top of the cream; sift sugar over the to[) and hi'own in oven in a dcwel liange a few minutes. Serve cold. Sel.ma Boiuciki;. Prune Tapioca. Soak 1 cupful of tapioca in .'J cu[)s of water over night; in the morning cook until clear; add llg cups sugar, juice of [U lemon, the beaten white of 1 egg and "3 cu])s [)runes which \u\\e been thoroughly cooked and put through a sieve. Serve with cream. • Ursula Eopes. Lemon Cream. \nu> \\ cups of hoiling water stii' 'i tal)l!'sp()onl'uls of coi-nstarcli wet with water, aiul th.e juice of a large lemon. Add thie beaten yolks of 3 eggs

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