Today I overruled my kids wishes and decided to introduce them to one of my childhood favorites; tapioca with lemon and vanilla.
It’s getting colder outside and today my kids wanted rice porridge sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar and topped with a big spoonful of butter. However since I didn’t have any rice I decided to go for one of my childhood favorites instead. Guess what, they loved it!
I almost grew up on Tapioca! Or kind of… But I definitely ate a lot of Tapioca porridge and puddings, in all kinds of disguise when I was staying overnights at both of my grandparents homes – and I loved it!
So get ready to be introduced to this version of tapioca porridge – in this version with a touch of Lemon and Vanilla!
Tapioca with Lemon and Vanilla
To begin with whisk together milk, tapioca and salt in a saucepan while slowly heating it up.
Next, scrape out the vanilla beans from the vanilla pod, and add both the beans and the empty pods to the milk.
Hereafter add the finely grated lemon zest too.
Make sure to stir constantly – but slowly, until the tapioca pearls become completely translucent – about 20-30 minutes.
Remove empty vanilla pods.
In another bowl mix sugar and egg yolk until fluffy and white.
Add a spoonful of the tapioca mix at a time, to the egg/sugar mass and stir.
Repeat until everything is mixed.
Enjoy immediately!
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Try my version of tapioca porridge with a touch of Lemon and Vanilla!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of small tapioca pearls
- 2.5 cup of milk
- a pinch of salt
- beans from one vanilla pod (or 1 teaspoon of Vanilla Bean Paste)
- zest from one lemon
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream (you canleave this part out)
Instructions
- To begin with whisk together milk, tapioca and salt in a saucepan while slowly heating it up.
- Next, scrape out the vanilla beans from the vanilla pod, and add both the beans and the empty pods to the milk.
- Hereafter add the finely grated lemon zest too.
- Make sure to stir constantly – but slowly, until the tapioca pearls become completely translucent – about 20-30 minutes.
- Remove empty vanilla pods.
- In another bowl mix sugar and egg yolk until fluffy and white.
- Add a spoonful of the tapioca mix at a time, to the egg/sugar mass and stir.
- Repeat until everything is mixed.
- Enjoy immediately!
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