Strawberry Tapioca

Step 1: Soak tapioca in room temperature water overnight. Drain.

Step 2: Heat milk in a double boiler until warm, add drained tapioca and milk.

Step 3: Cover, turn heat to very low and cook for one hour. Stir occasionally.

Step 4: Watch to make sure that the mixture doesn’t boil.

Step 5: It will boil over very easily and also has a tendency to burn on the pan bottom if care is not used.

Step 6: Beat egg yolks and sugar together.

Step 7: Add a little of the hot mixture to the egg mixture and blend thoroughly. (Tempering)

Step 8: Then add the egg mixture to the hot milk mixture, stirring( whisking too)constantly.

Step 9: Reheat over medium heat and cook while stirring until tapioca mixture is very thick, about 15 minutes.

Step 10: Beat egg whites until stiff.

Step 11: Fold egg whites into hot tapioca mixture.

Step 12: Stir in vanilla, and then gently stir the sliced strawberries into the hot tapioca.

Step 13: Chill and then serve.