Caramel Tapioca: Caramel Tapioca, from the 1922 Dromedary book One Hundred Delights.; walnuts; caramel; recipe; pudding; Hills Brothers Company; Dromedary; twenties; 1920s; tapioca

This is a beautifully elegant dessert on its own, perhaps topped with whipped cream. But it also makes a unique fruit salad dressing. The homemade caramel gives it a great flavor, and the barely-there consistency of the tapioca balls will delight any boba fans among your guests.

Dromedary cookbooks seem to be uniformly great, and this is one of the best recipes of their One Hundred Delights. If you’re comfortable heating sugar on the stove, make it.

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