Strawberry Tapioca
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Soak the tapioca overnight in enough water to cover it.
Cook
Boil the soaked tapioca in water until fully cooked.
Add the strawberries and sweeten to taste.
Mix everything together and bake in a 300°F (150°C) oven for 30 minutes.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Tapioca
- Starch that thickens and gels as it cooks, giving the dish its body.
- Strawberries
- Provide fruit flavour, moisture and natural acidity to the dish.
The step that matters
Boil the soaked tapioca until fully cooked. Tapioca pearls stay firm and chalky at the centre if undercooked. Full cooking gelatinises the starch so the texture turns soft and translucent.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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