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Recipe courtesy of Gale Gand

Dulce De Leche

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 8 servings
  • Total: 4 hr 31 min
  • Prep: 1 min
  • Inactive: 1 hr 30 min
  • Cook: 3 hr
Dulce de leche is a caramel-like spreadable topping, made from various kinds of milk and sugar, for toast or desserts from Latin countries. In Columbia they use goat's milk and call it Cajeta where as in Cuba they use cow's milk. In Mexico they use the method here. In the Caribbean they add vinegar, which curdles the milk and gives the dulce de leche a drier, more crumbly texture, so it is less spreadable and used as more of a filling.
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Ingredients

Fondue:

3 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

Dippers:

Regular bananas

Small bananas, like Manzano or red

Strawberries

Marshmallows

Toasted cubes pound cake

Pineapple chunks

Anjou or Bartlett pear slices, unpeeled

Fried wonton wrappers

Bing cherries, with stem

Directions

  1. Equipment: Fondue pot; fondue forks or wooden or metal skewers
  2. Make the Fondue: Remove label from the cans. Stand the cans in a saucepan and add water to cover. (Note: Do NOT open or puncture the can in any way prior to cooking.) Bring the water to a gentle simmer and keep it there for 3 hours, adding water as needed to keep the cans submerged.
  3. Allow the cans to cool before opening. The milk will have transformed into a smooth, creamy, caramel-colored sauce, dulce de leche! Pour into a warmed fondue pot and serve with assorted dippers and fondue forks.

Recipe courtesy of Gale Gand, Gale Gand's Short and Sweet by Gale Gand and Julia Moskin: Clarkson N. Potter Publishers, 2004

Show: Sweet Dreams
Episode: Fond of Fondue

Categories:

American Fondue Recipes Fruit Dairy Recipes Cinco de Mayo

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AnaHotaling

This is THE only Food Network dulce de leche recipe that comes close to how my grandmother taught me to make dulce de leche. The only difference is we make just one can and we simmer it for five to seven hours. Thrilled to see a traditional recipe vs. one with baking soda. Baking soda???

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