Easy Dulce de Leche
Dulce de Leche is a no fuss no frills dessert that I love when craving for something sweet without having to do all the other steps when making other desserts. Except for having a lot of patience of course.
To make Dulce de Leche, I follow a recipe from Milk.com.
INGREDIENTS :
1 can sweetened condensed milk
water
Remove the label from the can of condensed milk. Poke two vent holes in the top, by using a can opener for example. Put the can into a pot (with the holes up), and fill up the pot with water until it is a quarter inch or so below the top of the can. Put the pot on a stove and turn up the heat. Let the pot and can simmer gently for about one and a half to two hours for runny dulce de leche, or up to four hours for solid dulce de leche. Add more water, as necessary, when the level boils down too much.
When it’s done, let it cool for a while, and then carefully open up the can completely and eat directly (for the solid variety) or use as a dessert spread (for the liquid variety).
The resulting product should be colored tan or brown.
No fuzz sweet treat, no? If you make it a little runny, that would probably make a good glaze to pour over brownies, cakes, muffins, or cupcakes. If you want a soft candy consistency, boil it for about 4 hours as the recipe stated. Just keep adding water in the process.
(originally posted at blisstree/b5media)
Call her Dexie. She bosses around everybody in her kitchen.
such a neat trick noh? M’s Lola taught him this and I must do it soon for my sweet toothed Samia!:)
I want now na tuloy!!! haha!!!
@Ces, we’re good at being so bad, hehe.
Oooh! Both my grandmother and great-grandmother used to make this…I must try my hand at it soon! You are right…so simple!
A friend of mine told me about dulce de leche a long time ago when we were still in high school. I never tried making it since the method he told me was just too intimidating for me. He said he puts his in a pressure cooker for 45 mins to 1 hour. Who wants to dare?