Ingredients
Instructions
- In a bowl, soak tapioca in 2 cups of room temperature water overnight.
- Drain water.
- In double boiler, heat milk just until no longer cold.
- Add salt and tapioca.
- Continue heating until small bubbles appear at sides of pan.
- Cover, turn heat to very low and cook for one hour.
- Make sure that milk mixture does not simmer or boil.
- Separate egg whites from yolks.
- Beat egg yolks and sugar toether until light yellow in color.
- Add a little of the hot mixture to the egg yolks and blend thoroughly.
- Then add the egg yolk mixture to the hot milk mixture, stirring constantly.
- Place the double boiler over medium heat and cook until tapioca mixture is very thick, about 15 minutes.
- Beat egg whites until stiff.
- Slowly fold the hot tapioca mixture into the egg whites.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Serve warm or chilled.