Seven-Colored Tapioca Pearls and Lychee Compote

Name: Seven-Colored Tapioca Pearls and Lychee Compote
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 grams peeled Fresh lychees; 1 Tapioca pearls; 90 grams Granulated sugar; 1/2 a lime Lime Juice; 500 ml Water

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I was able to get my hands on fresh lychees, which I love, so I decided to make compote out of them. Canned lychee are also delicious, but they are too sweet, and the preservatives that are used concern me... but I am using artificially colored tapioca pearls. I recalculated the ingredient amounts by referring to a homemade canned peach style recipe that I made 2 years ago. I wasn't quite sure how to use the seven-colored tapioca pearls, which are different from the popular black tapioca pearls. I came up with this summery dessert by pairing the seven-colored tapioca pearls and the lychee compote.

If you add the tapioca pearls while the lychee compote syrup is still hot, the flavor sinks in and it tastes even more delicious. This will be the key point of this recipe.
It's delicious chilled well, but if it's chilled for too long, the tapioca pearls will harden and the texture will not be as good. Calculate when to start chilling them in the refrigerator, so you will be able to serve them at your desired time. Recipe by Munchkin's Mom

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Ingredients

500 gramspeeled Fresh lychees
1Tapioca pearls
90 gramsGranulated sugar
1/2a lime Lime Juice
500 mlWater

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Steps

1

Carefully wash the fresh lychees under running water, as the rinds are quite dusty.
2

If you pinch and start peeling from where the stalks were attached, they will come off easily. Since the stalks and the seeds were connected, if any pink colored rinds or the stems are not removed, it will taste bitter and astringent. So, be sure to completely remove them. Save any juice that runs out to be measured with the lychees.
3

I found these seven-colored tapioca pearls for $1.35 per packet at a Chinese supermarket. As the cooking instructions on the package were written in Chinese, I went ahead and cooked them in the following way: Boil them for 5 minutes in boiling water, turn off the heat, cover, and steam-cook for 7-8 minutes in the residual heat. Drain, rinse them in running water, and drain away the excess water.
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Put water, the peeled lychees, and granulated sugar in a pot, and turn on the heat. Once it comes to a boil, turn off the heat, add lime juice and the boiled tapioca pearls while it's still hot. Chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours and then serve.