Tapioca Pudding

Name: Tapioca Pudding
Ingredients: 50 g tapioca; 600 ml milk; 2 tablespoons sugar; 15 g butter; 14 teaspoon cinnamon or 14 teaspoon mixed spice or 14 teaspoon nutmeg, ground

5 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

50 g tapioca
600 ml milk
2 tablespoons sugar
15 g butter
14 teaspoon cinnamon or 14 teaspoon mixed spice or 14 teaspoon nutmeg, ground

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 170 C / 325 F / Gas 3 .
2

Put the tapioca in a buttered 1.1 litre oven-proof dish.
3

Pour in 600 ml (1 pint) milk.
4

Add the sugar and butter.
5

Sprinkle the top with cinnamon, mixed spice or nutmeg.
6

Add the sugar and butter and continue to cook for 10 minutes, until thickened, stirring frequently.
7

Pour into a buttered 1.1 litre (2 pint) oven-proof dish.
8

Sprinkle the top with cinnamon, mixed spice or nutmeg.
9

Bake tapioca for 2 - 2 1/2 hours.
10

Stir 2 or 3 times during the first hour, but leave for the remaining time to form a crust.
11

Serve hot or cold, plain or topped with fresh fruit, chopped nuts or thick natural yogurt.