MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Dulce De Leche
Categories: Five, Dairy, Candy
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
4 c Whole milk (1 L)
1 c White sugar (200 g)
1/2 ts Baking soda
3 tb Heavy cream
Vanilla drops
1 pn Salt (optional)
Heat the milk and cream over medium heat in a large saucepan with
high sides and double or triple bottom.
Add the sugar when it's warm and mix.
Add the baking soda and stir until it dissolves.
When it starts to boil, lower the heat to a minimum but keep it
simmering.
At this point is where you can add a plate upside down, glass
marbles, or some other small glass object that can withstand the
heat. What they do is move around so it `stirs' the mixture and
also helps with crystallization.
Let it reduce, stirring every so often, about an hour, or an hour
and a half. This depends on the amount of milk you're using and the
amount of heat.
It darkens from the bicarbonate and thickens. If you added a plate
you can stir once in a while, but it not, you should stir more often.
At some point, usually an hour from the moment it starts to simmer,
it gets quite dark and thickens. At this point, it's almost ready.
Maybe a few minutes more. Make sure you take out the plate and stir
constantly during these last moments.
If you put a little on a plate it will run immediately, be quite
liquid. It will thicken a lot as it cools and even more in the
refrigerator.
Remove from the heat, add vanilla and salt if using, transfer to a
bowl and let cool. If you stir over a bowl with ice water it will
cool faster and generally makes it creamier because there's a
smaller chance of crystallization.
Whisk at the end before refrigerating to make it as creamy as
possible.
Fill a jar and keep refrigerated.
Recipe FROM:
https://vintagekitchennotes.com
Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
MMMMM
