Dulce de Leche

submitted by Anonymous

''"Most people seem to make it by boiling sugared condensed milk in a can. I have tried that and it wasn't too bad, but I never felt really comfortable with that method because I like to make things from scratch when I do take the time to cook properly.

"So this morning I tried out a recipe I found in a cooking forum and holy shit it is delicious, way better than the boiled can stuff.''

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"pic is not mine, but it is exactly the same colour I got."

Ingredients

 * 50g butter


 * 250g sugar


 * 250g milk (I used 1.5% fat pasteurized)


 * 200ml condensed milk (unsugared, 10% fat)


 * 1 packet (~8g) vanilla flavor sugar


 * 2 small pinches of salt

Instructions

 * 1) Melt butter at low heat, stir in sugar until all the butter is soaked up. Then add the other ingredients.
 * 2) Bring mixture to a boil at low heat, preferably in non-stick cookware. Stir frequently. The mixture begins to thicken after 40-60 minutes. If it is still too liquid after that time turn up heat carefully. Consistency should be quite syrupy/honeylike thick, when it cools down it does not thicken as much as you think it will. So err on the safe side unless you want it to be liquid to make a liquor by mixing it with good quality rye, cognac or vodka.