Strawberry Tapioca Parfaits Recipes

Steps:

• Hull and quarter 1 quart strawberries. Toss with 1 teaspoon sugar in a large bowl. Sprinkle a layer of gingersnap crumbs or graham cracker crumbs in the bottom of parfait glasses. Top with the berries. Mix 1 cup nonfat Greek yogurt with 2 tablespoons honey and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, then spoon over the berries.

Steps:

• Fill a large bowl with ice water and set aside.
• Mix the sugar, tapioca, milk and egg yolks together in a medium saucepan.
• Cook on medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a full boil.
• Remove from heat, transfer the pudding to a medium bowl, and set in the ice bath.
• Chill for at least 1 hour or until pudding cools completely.
• To prepare the parfaits: place 3 tablespoons tapioca in a small parfait glass.
• Spread one tablespoon of sauce or preserves over the tapioca.
• Top with 3 more tablespoons tapioca and 1 more tablespoon sauce or preserves.
• Finish with a final layer of 2 tablespoons tapioca.
• Repeat with 5 more parfait dishes and garnish with nuts, candies, chocolate pieces, or a sprinkle of cinnamon, if desired.

Steps:

• Mix the starch, sugar and salt in the top of a double boiler, and beat in the eggs. Make sure there are no lumps of cornstarch left.
• Beat the milk slowly into the egg mixture.
• Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened.
• Remove from the heat at once and beat in the vanilla.
• Divide the custard evenly amongst 6 serving dishes.
• Mix the strawberries, water, sugar, honey, salt and tapioca in a large pot and bring to a boil. Stir frequently.
• Simmer until the tapioca is clear, the strawberrries are soft, and the mixture is somewhat thickened.
• Stir in the lemon or lime juice.
• Spoon the strawberries evenly over the custard.
• Chill until set.

Steps:

• Beat egg and milk in medium saucepan with wire whisk until well blended. Add tapioca and sugar; mix well. Let stand 5 min.
• Bring to full rolling boil on medium heat, stirring constantly. (Pudding will thicken as it cools.) Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Pour into medium bowl. Place piece of plastic wrap directly on surface of pudding.
• Refrigerate 1 hour or until cooled. Gently stir in whipped topping. Layer tapioca mixture alternately with the strawberries in eight parfait glasses. Serve immediately. Or, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Steps:

• In medium saucepan, combine milk, tapioca, sugar, salt and egg; let stand 5 minutes.
• Over medium heat, bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
• Let stand 10 minutes to cool and slightly thicken.
• In parfait glasses, alternate layers of pudding with sliced strawberries, ending with pudding.
• Refrigerate until serving.