Thai Dessert Soup

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup large tapioca
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups of diced fruit or 2 cups fruit, preferably fresh (select from berries, mango, papaya,pineapple, kiwi, pomegranate seed, etc.)
• 2 cups thawed frozen coconut milk or 2 cups almond milk
• 2 tablespoons sugar, sweetened to taste (more or less)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (do not use artificial) or 1 teaspoon rose water
• fresh mint leaves or lemon balm leaves or mandarin orange sections or 1 sprinkle pomegranate seeds or 1 fresh edible flower (like viola, nasturtium, or rose petal)

Recipe

• 1 boil the tapioca stirring constantly until the pearls are translucent.
• 2 remove from heat and stir in sugar.
• 3 bring back to the boil.
• 4 remove from heat immediately.
• 5 let the tapioca cool.
• 6 prepare your fruit.
• 7 slice strawberries but leave other berries whole.
• 8 dice other fruits.
• 9 stir sugar into the milk of your choice and make sure it is dissolved.
• 10 add extract.
• 11 select 4 attractive chilled bowls for your desserts.
• 12 put several tablespoons of tapioca pearls in each bowl.
• 13 divide the fruit into each bowl.
• 14 pour the sweetened milk over the fruit/tapioca and chill the desserts until ready to serve.
• 15 garnish your dessert with one of the above.
• 16 if using flowers be sure they are pesticide free.
• 17 if you are appealing to children, you can snip coloured marshmallows into flower shapes.