Dulce de leche

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Dulce de leche (Doce de leite)

A jar of dulce de leche

Alternative Arequipe, doce de leite (Brazil), cajeta manjar,

names
confiture du lait (France), manjar blanco, kajmak

(Poland)[1]

Type Confectionery

Region or state Latin America, Poland[1]

Main Milk, sugar
ingredients

  Cookbook: Dulce de leche (Doce de leite)

    Media: Dulce de leche (Doce de leite)

Dulce de leche (Spanish: [ˈdulse ðe ˈletʃe/ˈdulθe ðe ˈletʃe]; Portuguese: doce de

leite IPA: [ˈdosi dʒi ˈlejtʃi]), also known as caramelized milk or milk jam in English,
is a confection from Latin America prepared by slowly heating sugar and milk over
a period of several hours. The resulting substance, which takes on a spreadable,
sauce-like consistency, derives its rich flavour and colour from non-enzymatic
browning.[2][3] It is typically used to top or fill other sweet foods.
 Dulce de leche is Spanish for "sweet [made] of milk". Other regional names in
Spanish include manjar ("delicacy") and arequipe; in
some Mesoamerican countries dulce de leche made with goat's milk is
called cajeta.[a][4] In French it sometimes called confiture de lait. It is also known
under the name of kajmak in Polish cuisine, where it was independently created
based on Turkish kaymak, a kind of clotted cream. Kajmak is most commonly used
for wafers or the mazurek pie traditionally eaten on Easter.[1]

Contents

 1Preparation and uses

 2See also
 3Gallery
 4Footnotes
 5References

Preparation and uses[edit]

Making dulce de leche in Mexico

Consistency of dulce de leche made in Turkey

The most basic recipe calls for slowly simmering milk and sugar, stirring almost

constantly, until the mixture thickens and turns a rich brown golden-brown colour.
Another method calls for letting a gallon of milk stand in room temperature for an
entire 24 hours. The gases will spoil the milk and what is left is curd and whey. This
is then boiled, causing the solids to flow to the top. The solids are removed and
sugar is added. This mixture is stirred until it becomes hard, after which it is
removed from the heat and left to cool. After it cools, it is broken up for
consumption. Out of a gallon, this method yields about two cups.
Other ingredients such as vanilla may be added for flavor. Much of the water in the
milk evaporates and the mix thickens; the resulting dulce de leche is usually about
a sixth of the volume of the milk used. The transformation that occurs in
preparation is caused by a combination of two common non-
enzymatic browning reactions called caramelization and the Maillard reaction.[2][3]
A homemade form of dulce de leche sometimes is made by boiling an unopened
can of sweetened condensed milk for two to three hours (or 30 to 45 minutes in
a pressure cooker), particularly by those living in countries where it cannot be
bought ready-made. This results in a product that is much sweeter than the slow-
boiled kind. This method could be dangerous, and should not be done on a stove:
if the pot is allowed to boil dry, the can will overheat and explode. [5]
Dulce de leche can be eaten alone, but is more commonly used as a topping or
filling for other sweet foods, such
as cakes, churros, cookies (see alfajor), waffles, crème caramel (known as flan in
Spanish-speaking regions and pudim in Portuguese-speaking ones), fruits
like banana, and ice creams; it is also a popular spread on crepes (panqueques)
and toast, while the French variant confiture de lait is commonly served
with fromage blanc.[citation needed]

See also[edit]
 Baked milk – Beverage derived from milk
 Banoffee pie – English dessert pie
 Basundi – Indian sweet
 Brunost – Norwegian cheese
 Cajeta – Confection of thickened syrup
 Caramel – Confectionery product made by heating sugars
 Caramel candy – Confectionery product made by heating sugars
 Flan – Custard dessert with soft caramel on top
 Custard – Cooked mixture of milk or cream and egg yolk
 Dum Dums
 Krówki – Polish confectionary
 Manjar blanco – Term used in Spanish-speaking area of the world in
reference to milk-based delicacies
 Penuche – Candy
 Russian candy – Sweet toffee-like dessert
 Ryazhenka – Traditional fermented dairy product
 Sandesh – A sweet of Bengal
 Teja – Confectionery
 Tres leches cake – Dessert

Gallery[edit]
 Dulce de leche products and packaging

Dulce de leche jar

Muffins with liquid dulce de leche

Creme caramel with dulce de leche

Banoffee pie


 Corn starch alfajor

Dulce de leche-flavored ice cream

Dulce de leche roll

Footnotes[edit]
1. ^ The term arequipe is used in Colombia and Venezuela, cajeta is used
in Mexico, manjar or manjar blanco is used in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru.

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:a b c "Polish Chocolate and Dulce de Leche Mazurek". Polish Your Kitchen. 9
April 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b McSweeney, Paul L. H.; Fox, Patrick F. (20 April 2009).  Advanced Dairy
Chemistry: Volume 3: Lactose, Water, Salts and Minor Constituents. Springer Science &
Business Media. ISBN 978-0-387-84865-5.
3. ^ Jump up to:a b McGee, Harold (2004).  On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the
Kitchen. New York: Scribner. p.  657. ISBN 0-684-80001-2. Retrieved  8 August 2012.
4. ^ "Origen mítico del dulce de leche" [The Mythical Origin of Dulce de Leche] (in
Spanish).  Clarín. 6 April 2003. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
5. ^ Kijac, Maria Baez (2003).  The South American Table: The Flavor and Soul of
Authentic Home Cooking from Patagonia to Rio de Janeiro, with 450 Recipes. Boston, MA:
Harvard Common Press. p. 391.  ISBN  1-55832-249-3. Retrieved 8 August  2012.