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post #16 of 21
9/26/10 at 10:02am
Dulce is "sweet" in spanish.
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post #17 of 21
9/26/10 at 10:10am
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"sweet" ok, makes sense!
No, it doesn't seep into the cake because it's pretty thick. I guess it thickens as it cooks. (good for a filling)
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post #18 of 21
9/27/10 at 4:56am
I must have done something wrong because I was told to do it on low overnight in the crockpot(at least 8 hours) and it still had not made the stuff. A cousin of mine told me about a caramel pie she made and it was supposed to make caramel overnight in the crockpot. It did not do it. I have never got to ask her what I did wrong. My crockpot works. Maybe I just don't know what it is supposed to look like.
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post #19 of 21
9/27/10 at 5:23am
It goes really rich caramelly brown, and is thick enough to stand a spoon in.

We used to do it by boiling (simmering) the unopened can of sweetened condensed milk in a full pot of water (it must cover the can at all times, so you need to top it up) for 2 hours. Some people have had unfortunate exploding cans of scalding caramel doing it this way, but I have never had a problem.

You can open a can into a saucepan and just cook it that way over a low heat while stirring to avoid lumps. But there is nothing like the texture of the cooked-in-the-can caramel. Oh. My. GOD. its good!! No other caramel comes close, IMHO.
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post #20 of 21
9/27/10 at 1:26pm
I loooove dulce de leche!!! sometimes it can be called Arequipe or cajeta depending of the country you getting it from. If you go to the hispanic area in your grocery store, you can probably get the ready made can from La Lechera from Nestle. Before they started to making it, you can make it yourself at home: Just put the non open sweet condensed milk can right into the pan, put enough water to cover 3/4 of the can. Let it cook for about 2 hrs to 2 hrs 1/2. I used to used my pressure cooker pan, and let it cook for about 45 min, you start counting after you hear the whistle sound coming out of the cooker. Let it cool and when you open it, it must be brown colored and thick. I make cookie sandwich with the caramel in between. cover and fill cakes. I also used with my better cream so i can get dulce de leche mousse. yum yum. It is really spreadable and in my country we use to use it under the fondant because it sticks to it pretty easy. you can also melt chocolate and put it in it. It's great we all hispanic looove it!!!!!

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post #21 of 21
9/27/10 at 9:03pm
lanana, the chocolate addition sounds great! Probably cuts the sweetness a litte.
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