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Classic dulce de leche

Name: Classic dulce de leche
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 130 min
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: International, Traditional
Ingredients: 260 g Sugar; 1000 ml Milk (whole); 70 g Cream; 2 g Vanilla pod (optional; approximately 1 pod); 2 g Bicarbonate of soda

Total time2 h 10 min Preparation + cooking; may include waiting

Preparation and possible waiting: 10 min · Cooking: 2 h

Total recorded in the recipe. Preparation may include resting, soaking or chilling. Active work and waiting are not yet recorded separately; check the steps before planning.

Servings20

Rating 5.0 / 5 (1)

Homemade creamy, spreadable dulce de leche, slowly cooked with milk, cream and sugar. Lovely with toast and desserts.

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10 minpreparation and possible waiting

2 hcooking

20servings

1.845 kcalwhole recipe

92 kcalper serving

Approximate calculation based on the stated quantities and average values per 100 g of each ingredient. How we calculate nutrition information

Total time: 2 h 10 min Preparation + cooking; may include waiting

Preparation and possible waiting: 10 min · Cooking: 2 h

Total recorded in the recipe. Preparation may include resting, soaking or chilling. Active work and waiting are not yet recorded separately; check the steps before planning.

Recipe characteristics

Vegetarian Dessert More than 2 hours International

Gluten-free and 7 more Indicative dietary requirements

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Diet

Vegetarian

Dietary requirements

Gluten-freeEgg-freeNut-freePeanut-freeSoy-freeFish-freeShellfish-freeSesame-free

Dish type

Dessert

Meal

BreakfastAfternoon snackDessert

Preparation

Boiling

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Cuisine

InternationalTraditional

Season

All year round

Occasion

Make ahead

Nutrition

High in calciumLow calorie

Total time

More than 2 hours

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Recipe characteristics

Dish type

Dessert

Meal

Breakfast · Afternoon snack · Dessert

Total time

More than 2 hours

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Sugar 260 g
Milk whole 1000 ml
Cream 70 g
Vanilla pod optional; approximately 1 pod 2 g
Bicarbonate of soda 2 g

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Method

Put the sugar, whole milk and cream into a roomy heavy-bottomed saucepan. Stir to combine.
If using the vanilla pod, split it lengthways, scrape out the seeds and add them to the mixture. Heat while stirring with a spatula.
As soon as it boils, add the bicarbonate of soda gradually: the mixture may foam. Reduce the heat to its lowest setting.
Cook uncovered for 90–120 minutes, stirring often and continuously as it thickens. Scrape the base and sides until caramel-coloured and creamy.
Remove from the heat when a small cooled sample is spreadable. Transfer to clean heatproof containers, allow to cool and keep covered in the fridge.

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