Recipe

Traditional Dulce De Leche -- Cajeta Recipe

	Sassinate / All my dishes 1 year, 11 months ago Dulce de leche or Cajeta as it is sometimes called is a caramel type dessert made from milk, sugar and vanilla. It can be eaten alone, on top of fruit or cakes, as a filling for cakes and cookies or as an ingredient in cake and cookie batters. Prep:5m Cook:600m Servings:16	Sassinate
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Ingredients

4 cups (1 liter) whole goat's milk (cow's milk will also work and is traditional in some countries, like Cuba)

2 cup (500mL) fine granulated white sugar

1 vanilla bean, split in two OR 1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) -- this is needed for a complete browning-- it lowers the pH and prevents milk proteins from coagulating (bunching up). The browning is not caramelization -- it is a Maillard reaction which requires the addition of a base. If you do not add baking soda the sauce will still thicken and taste wonderful, but the full potential of the sauce will be lost.

Directions

You can make this on the stovetop OR in the slow cooker

------------STOVE TOP METHOD------------

Scald milk in a sauce pan

Add all other ingredients

cook on medium/low until the solution is thick and caramel in colour -- about 1 hour.

When finished, put in wide-mouthed jars or other sealed container and store in the fridge until use

------------SLOW COOK METHOD----------

Add all ingredients to slow cooker

Cook UNCOVERED! on high about 10 hours. Stir and scrape the sides in the last few hours

When finished, put in wide-mouthed jars or other sealed container and store in the fridge until use.

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Comments

kukla 1 year, 11 months ago said:
I love dulce de leche, and I have several recipes for it, all pretty much the same - EXCEPT -- I did not know you could make this in a slow cooker!! Thanks for the info re: the baking soda too! [LOVE IT when I learn something new!!]
Thank you, Sassinate (fellow Canadian :)

ahmed1 1 year, 11 months ago said:
HI,thanks for sharing this.I was looking for it long time ago..

sas 1 year, 2 months ago said:
I close my eyes and envision me propped up in bed with a jar of dulce de leche and a spoon. Heh!
Love this stuff and love your name.
Thanks-Sas

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