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Peach Tapioca

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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 7 ingredients

  1. one-third cupful sugar
  2. one-half cupful cold water
  3. two cupfuls peeled
  4. one cupful boiling water
  5. Peaches
  6. one teaspoonful vanilla
  7. Salt

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. One'third cupful quick'cooking tapioca, one-half cupful cold water, one cupful boiling water, one-fourth level teaspoonful salt, one-third cupful sugar, two cupfuls peeled, diced peaches, canned or fresh, one teaspoonful vanilla.
  2. Soak the tapioca in the cold water for five minutes.
  3. Add the boiling water and salt and cook in a double boiler for twenty-five minutes.
  4. Add the sugar and peaches and cook for fifteen minutes more.
  5. Add the vanilla and serve very cold with whipped cream.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Vegetable peeler