Gluten and Dairy Free Tapioca Pudding

Tapioca, also called manioc, is a beady starch obtained from the root of the cassava plant.It is gluten free, however always checked the labels; the tapioca packet I bought had been packed in a facility that handled barley, wheat and soya and therefore could not be labelled "gluten free".

The traditional tapioca pudding is made just like rice pudding and the taste is similar, what you are really tasting is the milk and sugar... It's quite handy to keep tapioca in your cupboard for those cases when you have run out of rice and I find it a bit quicker to cook.

Ingredients:

• 100g Tapioca
• 1 litre rice, almond or coconut milk
• 50g sugar
• 1 broken cinnamon stick

Method:
Place the tapioca and milk in a saucepan and bring it to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until it becomes thick and creamy, stirring frequently to prevent sticking. Remove from the heat and stir in the sugar. Turn into a serving dish and brown under grill if desired.

Alternatively, ingredients may be placed in a deep oven dish and baked for about 1 and a half hours at 150C.

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