Prepare all the ingredients.
Peel the pumpkin...
...and dice the flesh.
Place this in a stewpan along with 5 cl milk.
Sprinkle with 2 tsp sugar.
Add salt and pepper.
Cover...
...and bake 45 minutes at 180°C.
Remove from the oven and blend the pulp of the pumpkin.
Boil the remaining milk with the vanilla bean split in two.
Pour the tapioca...
...mix and leave to cook for 5 minutes.
Add butter off the heat.
Add tapioca to the pulp of the pumpkin...
...then the beaten eggs.
Mix.
Pour in a buttered gratin pan.
Bake in a bain-marie at 140°C for 40 minutes.
When finished, sprinkle with brown sugar...
...and caramelize using a torch.