Alton Browns Tapioca Pudding Recipes

CHOCOLATE PUDDING

Steps:

• Place 1 3/4 cups of dry pudding mix into a medium saucepan. Add milk and heavy cream and whisk to combine. Over medium heat, bring mixture to a boil, continuously whisking gently. Reduce heat to low and cook for 4 minutes while continuing to whisk. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Pour the mixture through a sieve and into individual dishes or a 1 1/2-quart serving dish. Cover the surface of the pudding with plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator to chill completely before serving, approximately 4 hours.
• In a large bowl or plastic container with a lid, combine the cocoa, cornstarch, sugar, instant non-fat dry milk, and salt. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

LEMONY TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Whisk together the cream, milk, egg yolk, tapioca and sugar in a medium sauce pan.
• Let the pan sit for five minutes.
• While the mixture is resting, zest the lemon.
• Stir constantly while cooking the mixture over medium to medium high heat. Keep cooking until it boils.
• Remove the pudding from the stove and stir in the vanilla extract and lemon zest.
• Cover and let sit for 20 minutes.
• Uncover and let it sit for another ten minutes.
• Pour into a bowl, stir and cover with plastic wrap. The wrap should touch the top of the pudding.
• Place in refrigerator until cold.

ALTON BROWN'S TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Place tapioca in a medium mixing bowl along with the water, cover, and let stand overnight.
• Drain water from tapioca.
• Place the tapioca into a slow cooker along with the milk, heavy cream, and salt.
• Cook on high for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolk and sugar.
• Temper small amounts of the tapioca into the egg mixture until you have added at least 1 cup; add this back into the remaining tapioca in the slow cooker.
• Add the lemon zest and stir to combine.
• Cook for an additional 15 minutes, stirring at least once.
• Transfer the pudding to a bowl and cover the surface with plastic wrap.
• Allow to cool at room temperature for 1 hour and then place in the refrigerator until thoroughly chilled.

INSTANT CHOCOLATE PUDDING MIX

Steps:

• In a large bowl or plastic container with a lid, combine the cocoa, cornstarch, sugar, instant non-fat dry milk, and salt. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.;

LOW-CAL TAPIOCA PUDDING

Steps:

• Soak tapioca, covered, in cold water overnight. Drain well and place into slow cooker.
• Add milk, cream and salt. Cook on high 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• In a small bowl, whisk sugar substitute into egg yolk. Temper small amounts of pudding base (1-2 tbsp at a time) into egg yolk to bring the temperature up slowly. When you've added about 1 cup of pudding base, transfer back into slow cooker. Add lemon zest, stir to combine and cook an additional 15 minutes.
• Transfer to a medium bowl. Place a layer of plastic wrap down so it touches the surface of the pudding (to prevent a skin from forming), cool at room temperature for about 1 hour, then refrigerate. Serve cold.
• Substitutions: You can use 3 cups whole milk in place of the skim milk and heavy cream; the fat content will be about the same. Do not use all skim milk - it will be flat and the flavors will be very muted.
• Substitutions: You can leave out the lemon zest and use 1 1/2 tsp good, pure vanilla extract. You could also add 1 tbsp Dutched cocoa powder to the egg yolk and add 2 ounces melted bittersweet chocolate when you add the tempered egg yolk to the pot. Other potential flavorants: maple syrup, Irish Cream liqueur, instant espresso powder, fruit purées -- use your imagination.