Old Fashioned Tapioca Pudding

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup pearl tapioca
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1 fresh vanilla bean
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 egg yolks

Directions

1. 1

   Soak the pearls in water overnight, covered well with water. Drain the water off.

2. 2

   Heat the milk, cream, vanilla bean (split and scraped), and tapioca to a slow simmer in a heavy pot and cook for 1 hour, stirring often.

3. 3

   Add the sugar and salt. Bring to a simmer being careful not to let the tapioca stick to the bottom of the pan.

4. 4

   Put the yolks into a bowl and stir in some of the tapioca mixture to temper the eggs.

5. 5

   Then add yolks to the pan while stirring. Pour into a bowl and cool.

6. 6

   You can it it warm (as I hear it is often served in the colder months) We like ours after it has chilled several hours in the fridge at any time of year.