Dulce de Leche Recipe » Dassana’s Veg Recipes

Actually translated as “candy/sweet product of milk,” Dulce de Leche is an addictively scrumptious, toffee-flavored kind of caramel sauce produced from only one ingredient: sweetened condensed milk. In case you, like me, have been eager to make Banoffee Pie however haven’t been in a position to get your arms on this particular ingredient, your wait is over.

What’s Dulce de Leche

Dulce de Leche (pronounced “dool-say day lay-chay”) is a caramelized confection produced from sweetened milk. Initially from Latin America, this delectable unfold has grow to be wildly well-liked in Europe, America, and even India.

It additionally goes by the names “milk jam” or “caramelized milk” within the UK, confiture de lait in French, in addition to manjar (“delicacy”) or ariquipe in different Spanish-speaking nations. In case you make dulce de leche with goat’s milk, it’s often called cajeta.

Now dulce de leche just isn’t simply out there in most Indian cities however might be discovered on-line. So one of many methods is to make it your self. This recipe will present you ways.

I usually make my very own home made dulce de leche. The primary time I made it, I used to be merely bowled by the confection that dulce de leche is – thick, luscious, caramelized condensed milk with a toffee style. It was simply wow.

The toffee style is likely one of the particular traits of dulce de leche and may make you an addict in case you have a sweeth tooth.

Strategies To Make Dulce de Leche

• Sluggish Cooking Sweetened Milk – This technique takes hours and hours on finish with frequent stirrings in a pan on a stovetop.  That is the standard technique, however except you’ve got loads of time readily available, keep away from it.
• Stress Cooker or Pot – On this technique, cans of sweetened condensed milk are cooked in a pan or stress cooker with water. This one is a straightforward technique, however there are possibilities of the can bursting. Why take the chance of such a multitude?
• Oven Methodology – That is my favourite technique to make dulce de leche. It gained’t want a lot babysitting like the opposite choices. Merely pour sweetened condensed milk in a pan nestled inside one other pan with scorching water. Bake for an hour or two hours. The toughest half is getting the pan out of the oven to verify the condensed milk with out spilling the new water.

Observe that dulce de leche made with sweetened condensed milk will likely be extra sweeter than the one made utilizing the standard technique with sweetened milk.

Except for being addictively scrumptious (significantly, I’ve been placing these things on every part from my morning toast to ice cream, stirring it into Coffee and slathering it on Waffles and Pancakes, plus making my favourite: banoffee pie), this recipe is:

• Protected & Straightforward. Open a can, pour the contents right into a pan, then bake in a bain marie. It’s so easy!
• Mess-Free. There’s just one pan to scrub.
• Made With Simply 1 Ingredient – ONE! And that’s sweetened condensed milk. I’ve used an area model however you should use any model of sweetened condensed milk.

The oven technique is customized from David Lebovitz’s web site.

Step-by-Step Information

How To Make Dulce De Leche

Preparation

1. In a oven-safe, excessive heat-proof, ceramic pie pan pour condensed milk from 1 can (400 grams or 14 ounces).

Utilizing a small silicone spatula scrape the perimeters and backside of the can and add the entire condensed milk to the pan.

2. Seal the pan tightly with a tin foil or aluminium foil.

Seal correctly and don’t go away any floor of the condensed milk uncovered – this may trigger the oven warmth to come back in direct contact with the condensed milk, which may dry it out and blacken or char it.

3. Place this pan in a bigger pan. A roasting pan may also be used. Preheat oven at 220° C/430° F for 10 to fifteen minutes.

4. Warmth water until it begins boiling in a pan over the stovetop or use an electrical kettle to boil water.

5. Rigorously pour the new water within the baking pan or roasting tray until it reaches midway up the aspect of the pie pan.

Observe that the quantity of water to be added will rely upon the dimensions of the pans used.

Bake Dulce De Leche

6. Utilizing oven mitts (oven gloves) rigorously place each the pans within the oven. Bake at 220° C/430° F for an hour or two hours.

7. For a lightweight caramelization of the condensed milk, you’ll be able to bake for an hour. For a deeper caramelization, bake for 2 or for greater than two hours.

Examine and style after an hour to see the way you prefer it. Take away the pans rigorously utilizing oven mittens.

8. In case you want extra caramelization, then proceed to bake for extra half-hour to 1 hour, or extra.

You may also add a pinch of salt (optionally available) within the dulce de leche after it’s executed. Combine nicely and use in desserts or sweets.

9. As you’ll be able to see, it is going to proceed to deepen in colour because it bakes for extra time. I baked for a complete of two hours and 45 minutes.

10. Needless to say the baking time will fluctuate relying on the temperature within the oven. So do verify after 1 hour as checking usually is troublesome.

If the caramelization is much less, then proceed to bake for extra half-hour to 1 hour or extra. You may also verify after 2 hours.

11. Dulce de leche stays nicely at room temperature for a number of days. It would hold in a lidded jar for a month within the fridge.

In case you are planning to make use of dulce de leche inside a day, then you definately would possibly as nicely hold it at room temperature.

Observe that in the event you hold it within the fridge, the colour lightens and the consistency turns into extra fluid.

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This home made Dulce De Leche recipe from the archives first revealed in August 2019 has been up to date and republished on February 2023.