Roll with It
Tapioca with a Latin twist
Nicole Krasinski didn't grow up in a particularly dessert-heavy household, but tapioca pudding, one of the few desserts she remembers eating regularly, was a post-dinner constant. When she opened State Bird Provisions in San Francisco with her husband, Stuart Brioza, pastry chef and co-owner Krasinski turned to the tender pearls of her youth. In this iteration, she stirs dulce de leche into tapioca-studded pudding and tops it with more dulce de leche and fresh strawberries. It’s a dessert that’s both simple to make and impossible to stop eating. Pearls of wisdom indeed.
Dulce de Leche Tapioca with Strawberries
Yield: Serves 4
Cook Time:
3 hours, 20 minutes
- INGREDIENTS
14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk (unopened)
Pinch kosher salt
3 cups whole milk, divided
¾ cup small pearl tapioca
1 pint (2 cups) strawberries, hulled and quartered
About The Chef
Nicole Krasinski worked at the Red Hen Bakery in Chicago, Tapawingo in Ellsworth, Michigan, and Rubicon in San Francisco. Her desserts have garnered three stars from the San Francisco Chronicle, and she was named one of the Chronicle’s Rising Star Chefs. San Francisco magazine named her Pastry Chef of the Year in 2005. She opened State Bird Provisions with her husband, Stuart Brioza, on December 31, 2011.
1529 Fillmore St., San Francisco CA; 415-795-1272 or statebirdsf.com
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