Tapioca cream pudding

• 1&1/2 cups milk
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 3 heaping tbsp. minute tapioca
• ¼ cup sugar
• 2 eggs, separated
• ½ tsp vanilla

Heat the milk in a double boiler, add salt, tapioca and ½ of the sugar. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the tapioca becomes transparent and the mixture thickens (about 20 minutes)

Beat the egg whites with a pinch of cream of tarter until stiff but not dry; beat in the remaining sugar.

Beat the egg yolks; add some of the cooked tapioca; return mixture to remaining tapioca; stir over low heat until the mixture thickens, about 3 minutes.

Remove from heat. Fold in the meringue.

Serve into tall desert glasses with swirles of cooked strawberries, blueberries, or peaches

Serves 4