DULCE DE LECHE

I bet you don’t really know how Dulce De Leche is made; I bet you think it is only a superior skill that can produce said Leche. I bet you did not know that Dulce De leche is actually CONDENSED MILK BOILED FOR 3 hours! LOL.  I know!

Unbelievable right?

 I had no clue too. I thought it was some complicated confectionery miracle that requires a Michelin starred chef or at least his/her sous chef to make. NOPE! It is just humble Condensed milk that is always on the shelf of even the gloomiest shop, you know the kind you send your house help to, the kind that starts with a humble Hausa man setting up a table then evolving to a ‘container’ shop. 

Feel like a fool?  

Not to worry I felt exactly the same! Heck I almost slapped myself!  Like really! You boil condensed milk for three hours and you get DULCE DE LECHE!

 I guess it’s the name that makes it sound so impossible, and it actually simply means Candy of Milk, or sweet Milk. FRENCH! *rolling eyes*, still love em’ though.

But then I am happy it is just that! Imagine what you can  do with it! Home-made ice cream! Yes that’s easy too so relax, invest in an ice cream maker and Haagen Daz will have nothing on you. Plus they come with recipe’s! Most of them anyway! Well the one I have came with one! Moving on! I've mentioned homemade ice cream, then Dulce de leche stuffed doughnuts, if like me you like the gooey side of flour baked goodies then this will just be heaven sent!  Peanuts smothered in boiled condensed milk (I mean Dulce de Leche, ahem!), you can eat it like that with a spoon or simply use as a spread!

 What?!

Don’t look at me like that!

 If you are going to take condensed milk anyway you might as well keep your cardiologist number on speed dial and go all out! (k just have a bit, once in a while, a looooong while)! Afrifoodroute will NOT be responsible for any incidence! 

Seriously though once in a while shouldn't hurt. Don’t become a ‘dessert or everything nice monk’, why do you think your tongue has so many nerves!

You can even make a brownie with the boiled condensed milk! (I can’t get over the fact that it’s only BOILED condensed milk. LOL.)

So there you go, Dulce de leche, boiled condensed milk  (for 3 hours), and did I mention it should be boiled in its package, they mostly come in cans anyway, unless you are so posh you get it delivered straight to your house from the factory where the condensed milk itself is made. In that case you sir/ma are on your own. Figure out how to boil and let us know. 

For the rest of us, do not open said can, boil for 3 hours and  you have yourself something that your mother in law will either love you more for or ………..(keeping my mouth shut on this one)

 Let me know when you try it.

Gosh years wasted not boiling condensed milk!

PS: Ladies it’ll be in your best interest to eat just one of the Dulce de Leche stuffed doughnut! We will not be responsible for an obesity induced divorce…..

Thanks for your time!

Yours Loyally

Baby M.

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