I am not going to lie. I did not come up with this recipe. This was the brain child of my five year old daughter. Yes, Little One decided it would be a great treat to make because A) “Blueberries and lemon go well together because they’re best friends” (according to five year old!), B) Little One loves tapioca pudding because it’s not too sweet, and C) She likes whipped cream and was coming up with ideas for things we could put whipped cream on!
- ½ cup small pearl tapioca (not the instant kind)
- 3 cups milk (for my other tapioca recipes I use coconut milk)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs, whisked
- ½ cup of sugar
- ½ teaspoon of vanilla
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- zest of ½ a lemon
- ½ cup of fresh blueberries
- Additional blueberries to garnish
- Gay Lea Whipped Cream (to garnish)
- Combine tapioca, milk, and salt in a pot on medium high heat.
- Stir until boiling. Let simmer 5 minutes, uncovered at the lowest heat setting.
- Add sugar gradually.
- In a separate bowl, beat eggs and then mix in some of the hot tapioca very slowly. This is important. It enables you to equalize the temperature of the two mixtures so that the mixture does not curdle.
- Return beaten eggs and tapioca mixture to the pot with the remaining tapioca.
- Slowly bring mixture barely to a boil, and make sure to stir constantly.
- Reduce heat and stir for a few minutes at a low simmer, stirring constantly until you get a nice thick pudding consistency.
- Cool 15 minutes. Add blueberries, lemon juice and vanilla.
- Add extra blueberries and garnish with Gay Lea Whipped Cream and lemon zest!
- Serve either warm or chilled.
Little One is right. Blueberry and lemon are the perfect marriage. The lemon just lifts the flavour and makes everything all the more refreshing! Little One is a big blueberry fan. We really love “the Blueberry Man”, as Little One calls him. Picking blueberries is a labour-intensive job! Thank you, Blueberry Man, for our fresh Northern Ontario blueberry treasures!
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This looks SO GOOD! I would love to try to make it for my family. I hope they like it.
We love tapioca and taro pudding! But this sounds so good too!
mmm pumpkin pie
I will be making potato salad and BBQ’d hot dogs and hamburgers!
I like Whipped Cream on banana splits
Whipped cream on strawberries, peaches, blueberries, banana splits, waffles – the list goes on and on!
angel food cake and strawberries yummmm!
I will be cooking up ribeye steak and crablegs tonight, thats summer to me
Any type of fruit
Whipped cream on waffles. Will be cooking up a lot of burgers.
We like cooking up hamburgers.
Either pudding or strawberries.
I love putting whipped cream on crepes.
Waffles, for breakfast or dessert.
Cheesecake. Especially my gingerbread cheesecake.
Any pie but especially coconut cream pie
I like it on strawberry shortcake.
strawberry shortcake!
I love to put whipped cream on pumpkin pie.
Strawberries!
I like it on strawberry shortcake
I will be cooking up some steaks & burgers.
Anything really but i often sneak it onto icecream!
I love whipped cream on crepes with fresh berries
Chocolate Wafer Log Cake
strawberry shortcake & coconut cream pie yum
Banana Cream Pie 🙂
This summer I will be cooking some lasagne from scratch and using Gay Lea cottage cheese to make it wholesome and delicious.
Strawberry milkshakes!
I love mile high lemon pie with whipped cream on top!!!
Lots of cherry cheese cake I hope YUMMY~
I love whip cream on jello!
I like whipped cream and pie!
Do you need a fave to use whip cream? lol
yum strawberry shortcake
Pumpkin pie
I love having whipped cream on top of just a bowl of sweetened strawberries. Yummy!
I’d put that on all sorts of pies. Humble berry, strawberry-rhubarb, pumpkin!
It would be putting it on cheesecake.
I love putting whipped cream on apple pie!
Hi C – this is not a contest entry but just a comment. 🙂
LO is a genius with this recipe! Looks great and I like how you presented it in a martini glass. Very fancy! I also liked the text on your photos – very cool! That basket of blueberries…mmm! Lemon and blueberry is definitely a great combination!
waffles!!
on jello
pumpkin pie all the way
Apple pie!
I love putting whipped cream on Strawberry Shortcake
Strawberry shortcake, of course!
apple pie
Maybe some shish kababs
Waffles!
I will be cooking burgers and sausages!
On Strawberry Pie!
Strawberry Pie!
Jello
Strawberry pie!
I’ll be cooking up delicious hamburgers this summer, of course!
I love to put whipped cream on pumpkin pie!
I love putting whipped cream on a strawberry fisher scone shortcake.
I’ll be cooking up salmon steaks
fruit pie!
I love whipped cream on brownies
I love whipped cream on my Jell-o
I like putting whipped cream on top of chocolate pudding.
apple pie
Whipped cream is great with strawberries
banana cream pie mmmm
Chocolate mousse
On Jello! Or Cake, Or Waffles! So many different options.
Angel food cake with strawberries!