Brown Sugar Milk Tea With Handmade Boba Pearls

Milk TeaHeat the milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat. As quickly because the milk begins to simmer, add the tea baggage and gently stir for 2 to a few minutes, relying how sturdy you need your milk tea. Take away from the heat. Discard the tea baggage and let the milk cool for 10 minutes.

Boba Pearls1. Place the 1 1/4 cups tapioca starch in an enormous heatproof bowl.
2. In a small saucepan, combine the water and brown sugar. Heat over medium heat, stirring generally, until the sugar is dissolved. Pour the mix over the tapioca starch and stir shortly with a pair of chopsticks. The dough might be very sticky. Let sit until cool ample to take care of.
3. Knead the dough inside the bowl until it sorts a clear ball. Cowl
with a damp kitchen towel and let sit for quarter-hour.
4. Swap the dough to a floured work ground. Decrease into 4 equal elements. Working with one portion at a time, roll the dough proper right into a 1/4-inch-thick rope. Decrease the rope crosswise into 1/4-inch objects. You probably can alter the size counting on how giant you want your pearls to be. The pearls will enhance when cooked.
5. Put about 1/2 cup of tapioca starch in a medium bowl. Using your arms, roll every little bit of dough proper right into a ball and place inside the starch. Coat the balls with the tapioca starch to cease them from sticking to at least one one other. At this stage you probably can freeze the balls in an airtight container for as a lot as 1 month.
6. Carry an enormous pot of water to a simmer over medium heat. Add the tapioca balls and put together dinner, uncovered, for 40 minutes, stirring generally in order that they don’t stick with the underside or sides of the pot. Take away the pot from the heat, cowl with a lid, and let sit for half-hour. (For those who occur to need softer pearls, put together dinner for 45 minutes and let rest for 35 minutes.)
7. Drain the pearls. Swap to a medium bowl of chilly water and let sit until you are capable of serve, as a lot as 2 hours.

Brown Sugar GlazeDrain the tapioca pearls. Sprinkle 1/2 cup loosely packed brown sugar into an enormous pot. Stir over medium heat for 2 to a few minutes, until the sugar begins to dissolve, making certain the sugar doesn’t burn. Add the boba pearls and stir for a further 2 to a few minutes, until the glaze is thick and every pearl is completely coated. Take away from the heat.

Assemble the Boba Milk TeaSpoon about 1/4 cup of boba pearls into each of two large glasses. Fill with ice cubes, then add the milk tea. Serve with a big straw.