{{ :recipes:simple_dulce_de_leche.jpg?direct&200|}} ====== Simple Dulce De Leche ====== /* Description */ (From an Amazon.com forum.) {(rater>id=100|name=recipes:simple_dulce_de_leche|type=rate|headline=off)} |**Preheat:** °|**Yield:** servings|| |**Prep:** 0:00|**Wait:** 0:00|**Cook:** 3:30| ====== Instructions ====== You can boil cans of sweetened condensed milk -- carefully -- to make what we always called caramel pudding years ago, before I ever heard the term dulce de leche. I just made five cans for Valentine's Day gifts. Take labels off cans. Put in large, deep pot ON A RACK so water circulates underneath. Use crimped tin foil ropes to keep cans separated and upright. Cover with 2-3 inches of water. Bring to boil, covered to speed the process. UNCOVER and simmer for 3 hours, adding boiling water to keep the cans covered. Doesn't have to be a rolling boil, just make sure it's at a nice healthy bubble. Leave in the water until cooled. This will give you a very stiff, yet creamy, caramel. We always served it as a holiday treat. Two or three tablespoons with a dollop of unsweetened whipped cream. Refrigerate after opening. If kept too long, it will get sugary. Warmed gently, it will become pourable for cake, ice cream, dipping for pretzels or fruit. In its thick, even chilled state, it can be used as filling for those Mexican sandwich cookies whose name I can't remember. I think it might work on your strawberries. You should be able to slather the caramel on the strawberry (according to the thickness you remember from eating them), and dip quickly into melted chocolate. Put on parchment paper and chill. Just be careful. Don't walk away and let the water level boil off. When adding water, make sure it's boiling -- keep another pot simmering or microwave some. ====== Notes ====== /* Nutrition block - remove the slash-asterisk and asterisk-slash from just above and below the following block */ /* ====== Nutrition ====== |Calories (kcal): |Fat Calories (kcal): |Cholesterol (mg): |[[recipes:notes:nutrition guidelines |(Guide)]] | |Fat (g): |Saturated Fat (g): |Mono Fat (g): |Poly Fat (g): | |Protein (g): |Carbohydrates (g): |Sodium (mg): |Fiber (g): | */ {{tag>Recipes Dessert/Topping }} /* Recipe Tags - Copy and paste tags from the list below to the tag list in the above line, replacing the "TagsNeeded" tag and separated by spaces. */ /* ---Recipe Types--- Appetizer Beverage Beverage/Cocktail Beverage/Liquor-Mixer Bread Bread/Biscuit-Roll Bread/Muffin Bread/Quickbread Brines-Marinades-Rubs Breakfast Casserole Canning-Freezing Condiment Dessert Dessert/Bar-Brownie Dessert/Cake Dessert/Cake/Frosting Dessert/Candy-Chocolate Dessert/Crisp-Buckle Dessert/Cookie Dessert/Custard-Curd Dessert/IceCream Dessert/Pie Dessert/Pie/Crust Dessert/Topping Dip-Spread Entertaining Fondue Grilling-BBQ Grilling-BBQ/BBQSauce Holiday Kid-Friendly MainDish MainDish/Beef MainDish/Poultry MainDish/Pork MainDish/Seafood Pasta-Rice Pizza Roast Salad Salad/Dressing Sandwich Sauce-Gravy Sausage-Pate Seasoning Side SlowCooker Snack Soup Stew-Braise Stir-Fry Vegetarian ---Recipe Cuisines--- American American/Cajun-Creole American/Southern American/TexMex Asian Asian/Chinese Asian/Indian Asian/Japanese Asian/Korean Asian/Thai Asian/Vietnamese European European/Belgian European/Czech European/Dutch European/English European/French European/German European/Greek European/Polish European/Irish European/Italian European/Portuguese European/Russian European/Scandinavian European/Spanish European/Swiss Latin Latin/Brazilian Latin/Mexican MiddleEastern MiddleEastern/Ethiopian MiddleEastern/Jewish MiddleEastern/Lebanese ---Recipe Sources--- 365Recipes 365Recipes/Grilling 365Recipes/Chicken 365Recipes/Pasta AmericasTestKitchen AmericasTestKitchen/CooksCountry AmericasTestKitchen/CooksIllustrated BetterHomesGarden BonAppetit Chowhound FineCooking FoodWine GoodEats Gourmet Jennivines HDawson LMaidment TMaidment AMarcos DMarcos JMarcos KMarcos JPhalen DPendergast ---Recipe Ratings--- 5★ 4★ 3★ 2★ 1★ No★ ---Recipe Alerts--- RecipeNeeded RecipeIncomplete RecipeWrong RecipeFails TagsNeeded */ ~~DISCUSSION~~