Milk Tea with Tapioca Pearl Ice Pops

Name: Milk Tea with Tapioca Pearl Ice Pops
Prep time: 9 h 20 min
Cook time: 9 h 20 min
Total time: 9 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 Chinese black tea bags; 57 grams Chinese brown sugar, broken into coarse 2-inch pieces; 283 grams cup sweetened condensed milk (about; 118 milliliters black tapioca pearls; 414 milliliters water

Milk Tea with Tapioca Pearl Ice Pops might be just the beverage you are searching for. This gluten free and vegetarian recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains about 4g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 233 calories. If you have tea bags, water, tapioca pearls, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 9 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

For the tapioca pearls:Bring 3 cups of the water to a boil in a small saucepan with a tightfitting lid over medium-high heat.

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Tapioca

Water

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Sauce Pan

Add the tapioca pearls, stir, and return to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium low and continue to rapidly simmer until the pearls are swelled and soft all the way through, about 20 minutes.

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Tapioca

Remove the pan from the heat, cover, and let sit for 15 minutes. Strain the pearls in a colander, rinse with cold water until cooled, and drain thoroughly.

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Water

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Colander

Frying Pan

Transfer the pearls to a small heatproof bowl.

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Bowl

Place the remaining 1/2 cup water in a small, clean saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil.

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Water

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Sauce Pan

Add the brown sugar, reduce the heat to medium low, and stir until the sugar has dissolved.

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Brown Sugar

Sugar

Pour the sugar syrup over the reserved tapioca pearls, stir to combine, and let sit until the mixture cools to room temperature, about 15 minutes.For the milk tea base:Bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat in a small saucepan with a tightfitting lid.

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Tapioca

Simple Syrup

Water

Base

Milk

Tea

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Sauce Pan

Add the tea bags, stir to combine, and return to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium low and simmer for 5 minutes.

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Tea Bag

Remove the pan from the heat, cover, and let sit for 10 minutes.

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Frying Pan

Remove the tea bags, pressing the extra liquid from the bags back into the pan, and discard the tea bags.

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Tea Bag

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Frying Pan

Add the condensed milk and whisk until evenly combined.To assemble the ice pops:Using a slotted spoon, remove 1/3 cup of the pearls from the syrup and divide them among the pop molds. Fill the molds halfway with the milk tea base. Freeze until the pops are almost solid, about 2 hours. Meanwhile, set the remaining pearls aside in the syrup at room temperature.

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Sweetened Condensed Milk

Pop

Milk

Ice

Tea

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Slotted Spoon

Whisk

Place the remaining milk tea base in the refrigerator.After 2 hours, drain the remaining tapioca pearls and divide them among the molds. Top with the remaining milk tea base. Insert the sticks and freeze until solid, at least 6 hours.

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Tapioca

Base

Milk

Tea