Apple Tapioca Pudding

Name: Apple Tapioca Pudding
Ingredients: 3/4 cup pearl tapioca (OR 1/2 cup minute tapioca); cold water; 2 1/2 cups boiling water; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 7 sour apples; 1/2 cup white sugar

6 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

3/4 cup pearl tapioca (OR 1/2 cup minute tapioca)
cold water
2 1/2 cups boiling water
1/2 teaspoon salt
7 sour apples
1/2 cup white sugar

Directions

1

Soak pearl tapioca for one hour in enough cold water to cover; drain; add boiling water and salt.
2

Note that minute tapioca requires no soaking.
3

Cook in double boiler until transparent.
4

Core and pare apples; arrange in a buttered pudding-dish; fill cavities with sugar.
5

Pour over the tapioca and bake in a moderate oven till apples are soft.
6

Serve with sugar and cream or a custard sauce.
7

Recipe note: Rhubarb or pineapple may be substituted for apple, and sugar added to taste.