Tapioca Custard Pudding

A dish where scalded milk and pearl tapioca do the work.

Hot Puddings

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • 4 cups scalded milk
  • ⅔ cup pearl tapioca
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon butter
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 4 cups scalded milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
  • 1 tablespoon butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Soak tapioca one hour in cold water to cover, drain, add to milk, and cook in double boiler thirty minutes; beat eggs slightly, add sugar and salt, pour on gradually hot mixture, turn into buttered pudding-dish, add butter, bake thirty minutes in slow oven.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories415
Protein12.5 g
Fat14.4 g
Carbs59.4 g
Fiber0.2 g
Sodium749 mg

Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States