| Dulce de leche can easily be made at home. Spanish | | | | made with goat milk, cow milk, and sugar. |
| for "candied milk," dulce de leche is made by heating | | | | If you celebrate Cinco de Mayo, this is a terrific recipe |
| sweetened milk slowly until it makes a brown sauce | | | | to introduce to your guests. It has been made for a |
| that tastes like caramel. In Mexico, it can be found as | | | | long time in Mexico, so you can tell them you are |
| both a candy and a syrup. | | | | celebrating Cinco de Mayo history by making traditional |
| People all through South, Central, and Latin America | | | | dishes. Practice the recipes a few times before your |
| love dulce de leche. Even France has a spreadable | | | | big event. |
| version of this delicious recipe. Be prepared to give this | | | | The texture of finished dulce de leche should be both |
| recipe your full attention when you make it. Milk and | | | | sticky and creamy. Be prepared... it is very rich. In some |
| sugar are both prone to burning if they are not stirred | | | | countries, this dish is also called a milk jam. |
| constantly. Keep the heat controlled at all times. | | | | This sauce can be added to other recipes like mousse |
| As the water evaporates from the milk, the mixture | | | | to create an intense dessert your friends will never |
| will thicken until it is about one-sixth the original volume. | | | | forget. Full of the rich caramelized sauce, extra cream |
| While the milk reduces, the sugar caramelizes. There | | | | and egg white gives the mousse an incredible feel in |
| are many applications for this sweet recipe. | | | | the mouth that is unrivaled by any other dessert. |
| Spoon dulce de leche on ice cream, cake, or flan. You | | | | Compare this dessert to fine, rich chocolate. As |
| can make it into a creamy candy. Haagen Dazs, a | | | | chocolate is also from Mexico, you must admit that |
| well-known ice cream maker came out with a dulce | | | | Mexican cuisine knows how to make incredibly rich |
| de leche flavor in 1997. Starbucks followed suit with a | | | | desserts. Layer chocolate pudding with layers of dulce |
| flavored coffee. Even the Girl Scouts of the USA | | | | de leche in glass cups. Add it to your favorite |
| jumped on the bandwagon with dulce de leche | | | | cheesecake recipe for true decadence. |
| cookies for their yearly cookie sale. | | | | Mexico has a lot of delicious dishes like this if you look. |
| You can add flavors to your dessert mixture like | | | | Explore the richness that is waiting to be discovered in |
| vanilla, cinnamon, or lemon. In Latin America, you can | | | | Mexican cuisine and see what other great treasures |
| actually buy cans of dulce de leche at the store. You | | | | you can find. Dulce de leche is but one of the |
| may want to take a peek at your local Mexican | | | | wonderful culinary surprise waiting for you when you |
| market and see if they carry it. In Mexico, you can also | | | | take a look at the Mexican recipes available to you. |
| get a stronger version called cajeta de leche. It is | | | | |