Tropical Tapioca Recipes

Steps:

• In a 4- to 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the milk, tapioca, sugar and salt. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours., In a large bowl, beat the eggs; stir in a small amount of hot tapioca mixture. Return all to the slow cooker, stirring to combine. Cover and cook 30 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 160°. Stir in vanilla., Serve with strawberries and whipped cream if desired.

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except coconut in medium saucepan. Let stand 5 min.
• Bring to boil on medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
• Cool 20 min.; stir. (Pudding will thicken as it cools.) Serve topped with coconut.

Steps:

• Stir together the milk, tapioca, sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 5 minutes longer.
• Whisk 1 cup of the hot milk mixture into the beaten eggs, 2 tablespoons at a time until incorporated. Stir the egg mixture back into the tapioca until well mixed. Bring the pudding to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer until the pudding becomes thick enough to evenly coat the back of a metal spoon. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. The pudding may be served hot or poured into serving dishes and refrigerated several hours until cold.

Steps:

• Shake can of coconut milk well. Pour coconut milk into a 1-quart measure. Add whole milk to make 3 cups. Pour milk into a saucepan and add tapioca, sugar and egg. Stir gently just to combine, then let set 5 minutes.
• Over medium heat, bring tapioca mixture slowly to a full boil, stirring constantly with a rubber or wooden spatula. At the boil, remove from heat. Fold in fruit of choice. Pour into ramekins, dessert bowls, or lidded containers. Cool 20 minutes.
• Stir tapioca well in each container, then chill. Tapioca will thicken as it cools.

Steps:

• Season fillets with jerk seasoning. In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook fillets over medium-high heat for 3-5 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork, turning once. Transfer to a serving platter and keep warm., In the same skillet, combine the fruit, onions, jelly and almonds; heat through. Stir in mint and lime juice. Serve with fish and rice.

Steps:

• 1. Have five (8 oz.) stemmed glasses ready.
• 2. Put pudding into medium bowl. Stir in reserved pineapple juice, then the coconut.
• 3. Spoon about 1/3 of the pudding mixture into the glasses. Top each with a heaping Tbsp. of pineapple. Repeat layers once. Top with remaining pudding mixture and pineapple.
• 4. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate up to 3 days. Garnish with shredded coconut and mint sprigs, if desired.