Sunday, June 7, 2015

Tapioca Waffle Recipe

tapioca waffle


small pearl tapioca waffle


I recently made a big bowl of gluten-free dairy-free tapioca when I was craving tapioca, but quickly satisfied my craving and then wondered what I'd do with the rest of it.

Side note: I'll tell you my tapioca recipe soon, but I've made three kinds lately, and the only one I liked was somewhat following the Bob's Red Mill Small Pearl Tapioca recipe on the back of the bag.  Definitely use small pearl tapioca, not instant, and I wouldn't recommend sweetening with a lot of maple syrup.  I tried that in my first batch and it was sickly sweet and terrible.  My favorite batch used soaked small pearl tapioca, coconut milk (not canned for me; I don't like that taste), eggs, splash of vanilla and a tiny dash of coconut sugar.  I prefer mine to be almost completely unsweet, but play around to find your favorite tapioca recipe, or find a pre-made one in natural food stores that suit your taste.  There are some vegan recipes without eggs as well, so check out pinterest for other recipes.

gluten-free dairy-free tapioca in a waffle


Back to the waffles.  Sunday morning is definitely a waffle morning, and I decided to see if I could someone turn my pudding into waffles.  Now this isn's the "cleanest" healthiest recipe, but it tastes great and is gluten-free, dairy-free and quite filling and tasty.  This is also a versatile recipe: you can use regular flour or any type of gluten-free flour, and you can use raisins instead of currants or omit them all together.

Yogi on a yoga mat
After a little bit of morning yoga to make breakfast, I looked over to see my recently vacated mat had been claimed by Yogi


Tapioca Waffle Recipe
makes 3 big waffles

Ingredients:

1 cup leftover tapioca pudding
1/2 cup coconut milk or almond milk
1 egg white
1/4 cup + 2 TBSP rice flour
1/2 cup oat flour (finely ground gluten-free oats)
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
dash of sea salt
1 tablespoon oil (olive, or avocado or sunflower oil)
1/4 cup currants

Directions:

1.  Whisk pudding, milk and egg white together in a medium bowl; set aside.
2.  In a small bowl sift or whisk dry ingredients.
3.  Fold dry into wet, stirring in oil then currants last.

tapioca pudding waffle mix


4.  Cook on a preheated waffle iron until done; serve warm plain or topped with cinnamon applesauce.

tapioca pudding waffle