This is a recipe I found in my grandmother's secret book it is so good I have to share it with the world - it might make it a better place! Serve with whipped cream.
Ingredients
- small pearl tapioca: 0.5 cup
- milk: 5 cups
- white rice: 1 cup (cooked)
- eggs: 3 piece (beaten)
- white sugar: 0.75 cup
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- ground nutmeg: 0.5 tsp
- ground cinnamon: 1 tsp
- golden raisins: 0.5 cup
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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Soak the tapioca pearls in milk overnight in the refrigerator.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Combine the tapioca, milk, and rice in a large pan over medium heat. Stir in the eggs, sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly for 15 minutes. Do not bring to a boil. Pour into a 9x13 inch baking dish, and stir in raisins. Cover with a lid or aluminum foil.
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Bake for 40 minutes in the preheated oven, but stir in the vanilla after 20 minutes. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until cold.