Chilled Chocolate Strawberry Tapioca Pudding

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup small pearl tapioca
• 1 cup hot water
• 3 cups milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup sucanat
• 1 cup chopped strawberry (frozen or fresh)
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1/2 teaspoon powdered stevia
• 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
• raw whipped cream (for garnish)

Recipe

• 1 briefly pulse the tapioca in a blender or coffee grinder until broken into smaller pieces (optional). soak tapioca in hot water, in a pan, for a few minutes, while you chop the strawberries and assemble the rest of the ingredients.
• 2 add strawberries, sucanat, cocoa powder, salt and milk to the pan with the tapioca and bring to a boil over medium heat.
• 3 separate eggs, slowly add in a bit of the hot tapioca to the egg yolks to temper then add back to the pan, turning off heat.
• 4 whip egg whites until glossy, then fold into tapioca with stevia and vanilla.
• 5 let cool completely before transferring to refrigerator to set.