Make your own Dulche de Leche

[pigletwillie]

Dulche de Leche is a type of caramel and is great to top off banoffee pies, use in cookies amongst other things.

Take a can of condensed milk.
peel off the label
stick it in a pan of water and simmer for 3 hours topping the water up occasionally.
Let it cool down completely, overnight is best.
Pop open the lid and there you have it...dulche de leche!!
The milk would have gone all brown and caramelly.

[janeyo]

Brilliant! Got to be tried, I have a dinner party on Sat here so may give it a go.
Once opened I guess it lasts as long as unboiled condensed milk?

[pigletwillie]

Janeyo, as if it would last that long for me to find out

[janeyo]

True, don't know why I bothered even thinking it! It wouldn't last long here with 2 boys and OH with an even sweeter tooth than me lol
It's a shame I opened a new can to make nigella's fudge the other day, I could have experimented today. Now got to wait.

[Growem]

I found another recipe, even faster, for making Dulce de Leche. I haven't personally tried it yet, but other recipes on his site have proven to be winners, so I'd give it a go if you are really interested. You could have Dulce de Leche in half an hour!

Dulce de Leche - Recipe File - Cooking For Engineers

[pigletwillie]

Its a good idea, but microwaving food is baaaaddddd.

[emilymup]

Dulche de Leche is a type of caramel and is great to top off banoffee pies, use in cookies amongst other things.

Take a can of condensed milk.
peel off the label
stick it in a pan of water and simmer for 3 hours topping the water up occasionally.
Let it cool down completely, overnight is best.
Pop open the lid and there you have it...dulche de leche!!
The milk would have gone all brown and caramelly.

Brill! I lurvvv it!! Only thing is though you have to be careful when using cans with ring-can pulls attached as not as strong as old fashioned kind with no ring-can pulls!

[shirlthegirl43]

Piglet, how did you know I have been wondering for days what the result was of doing that to condensed milk? I remember my mum or gran doing it but couldn't work out why! THANK YOU mwah mwah!

[di]

PW...you're evil!!!

May need to give it a go this arvo for kiddies pancake filling...& as I don't like pancakes,do you think it would be O.K eaten direct from the tin???...promise I'll use a spoon & not my fingers!

[zazen999]

Now PW...naughty boy. I'm trying to lose pounds!!! I don't need encouragement.

Anyhow - isn't this the basis for Gypsy Tart...those from Kent will know what I am on about. Or do they use Evaporated milk whipped with brown sugar? Either way..it's blimmin lovely.

[di]

Zazen...you can't moan at PW about his recipe & then utter the words Gypsy Tart!!
Got to be my all time fave dessert!
It's just evap & brown sugar whisked up lots & baked in a pastry case!

[Rhona]

Oh my, I have evaporated milk in the cupboard. It's been unemployed since I realised I will never be able to make fudge (no point in even giving me the most basic recipe for idiots; I will kill the fudge). I'm going to make it as a pancake treat!

[zazen999]

Zazen...you can't moan at PW about his recipe & then utter the words Gypsy Tart!!
Got to be my all time fave dessert!
It's just evap & brown sugar whisked up lots & baked in a pastry case!

You and me both...the only reason I kept going back to school was for the weekly Gypsy Tart.

[Seahorse]

You and me both...the only reason I kept going back to school was for the weekly Gypsy Tart.

So many innuendos, so little time!

Would the caramel be thick enough to use in those caramel squares? I think the posh name is 'Millionaires Shortbread'.

[smallblueplanet]

Why does it take hours to cook in a can (which would be under pressure?) yet only 15 minutes in a microwave according to Growem's link?