Tapioca with apples

Tapioca with Apples

Desserts

A delicious baked apple and tapioca dessert, perfect when you want something light yet indulgent.

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Many people love the combination of fruit and tapioca. The apples should be slightly tart, as this gives the dessert more character.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Resting5 hr
  • Total6 hr 15 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodoven
  • Estimated cost$5.26 $0.88 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

6 servings
  • $2.40
  • $0.04
  • $2.08
  • $0.11
  • $0.08
  • $0.55

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. If you are using pearl tapioca, soak it for 4 to 5 hours, then drain off all the water. Fine tapioca does not need soaking.
  2. Add the tapioca to the boiling water and salt in a saucepan.
  3. Cook over low heat until the tapioca is completely translucent.
  4. Peel and core the apples. Place them in a buttered dish, fill them with sugar and cinnamon, and put a piece of butter on top of each one. ≈ 8 min
  5. Pour the hot tapioca over these ingredients, place the dish in an oven preheated to 180 °C and bake until the apples are tender.
  6. Serve warm or cold, with sugar and cream. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Tapioca with Apples

  • 300 g pearl tapioca$2.40
  • 1 tsp salt$0.04
  • 6 apples$2.08
  • 100 g sugar$0.11
  • 1 tsp cinnamon$0.08
  • 4 tbsp butter$0.55

Total$5.26

that's $0.88 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 300 g pearl tapioca
  • 2 l boiling water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 6 apples
  • 100 g sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 4 tbsp butter

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