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Habichuela con Dulce (Dominican Sweet Beans)

Habichuela con Dulce (Dominican Sweet Beans) — a recipes for dessert recipe, 11 ingredients, about 65 min.

Serves 10 · 65 min · Recipes for dessert

contains dairy

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Ingredients

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  • 4 cups soft-boiled red kidney beans
  • ½ cup raisins
  • 3 cups evaporated milk
  • 2 cups sweetened condensed milk
  • ½ tsp salt (or 1 pinch)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 10 cloves
  • 1 sweet potato (batata), cubed small
  • Milk cookies
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 3 cups evaporated milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
  • 2 cups sweetened condensed milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
  • Milk cookies → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Blend cooked beans, including the water they cooked in, into a purée.
  2. Strain beans into a pot in order to get rid of any skins.
  3. Mix in sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, vanilla extract, salt, sugar, sweet potatoes, cinnamon sticks, and cloves.
  4. Simmer over low heat until the sweet potatoes are fully cooked. Stir occasionally so that it will not stick on the bottom.
  5. Add raisins and simmer for 10 minutes. You can also add the milk cookies if you want them to become soft.
  6. Remove beans from heat.
  7. If you want, you may remove the cinnamon sticks and cloves.
  8. Serve beans in a bowl, and add milk cookies on top. You may serve warm or chilled.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0