Dulce de Leche
A dish that starts with milk and finishes with sugar.
contains dairy
Ingredients
US
Metric
- 4¼ cups milk.
- 12⅓ oz sugar.
- Half a teaspoon of baking soda.
- A vanilla bean, or essence (Optional)
- Two glass marbles (Optional, but it is a traditional way to prevent sticking, and they will not break in the process.)
Make it lactose-friendly
- 1 liter of milk. → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
Steps
- Heat all ingredients in a pan (with the marbles, if you want,) on a medium-heat stove, constantly mixing with a wooden spoon.
- Once the sugar dissolves, set heat to very low, and keep mixing once in a while for approximately two hours. It should not boil, if it happens, set it aside, keep mixing and once the temperature lowers put it back on the heat.
- Once the preparation gets thicker, be more careful and mix it more frequently so that it does not stick (and burn)
- Once you get a consistency similar to that of a custard, set it aside and keep mixing for 10 minutes, until it gets
- Once cold, put it on a glass jar and leave it in the fridge, or sterilize it.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
| Calories | 496 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 8.1 g |
| Fat | 8.4 g |
| Carbs | 99.9 g |
| Fiber | 0.0 g |
| Sodium | 112 mg |
Source
based.cooking (community recipes, public domain) — unlicense