AREQUIPE-DULCE DE LECHE
Make your own Arequipe-Dulce de Leche at home! It’s a “milk candy”, creamy, smooth and sweet confection that goes well in cookies, ice cream, cakes, cupcakes and more! This version is ready in 15 minutes and requires of just 4 ingredients—Plus it’s refined sugar-free!
Jump to RecipeWhat Is Arequipe or Dulce the Leche?
Arequipe or dulce de leche is a thickened caramel you can get when cooking milk and sugar for a couple of hours. The process of heating the milk, evaporates the water and and slowly browns the protein finds in it, leaving a sweet and thick substance that gets like the consistency of smooth peanut butter.
It’s traditional to make arequipe or dulce de leche on the stovetop but there’re are other ways to make dulce the leche to reduce the cooking time. We’ve inspired on this typical Latin treat and twisted a bit to get this delicious sweet in 15 minutes.
How to make arequipe-dulce de leche
Everything starts by stirring coconut sugar and adding butter. It’ll give structure and provide a smooth texture to the dulce de leche.
After that, we add hot milk to the mixture and finish tossing some condensed milk! Speaking of which, if you’re looking for an alternative sugar-free condensed milk, check this here.
The rest is pretty straightforward!
FINAL TIPS
- Stir constantly while adding all the ingredient to avoid the mixture burns.
- You’ll know the dulce de leche is ready when you’re able to see the bottom of the saucepan when stirring.
- Cook in low temperature to allow the ingredients cook well without burning.
- Let cool down and refrigerate.
- Your dulce de leche will last about two weeks in the fridge if kept in a sealed container.
- To use it, let it take room temperature before.
SERVING SUGESTIONS
Because its beautiful nutty color and rich flavor, dulce the leche is a very versatile ingredient you can use sweet treats like alfajores featuring dulce de leche sandwiched between two soft cookies, spread onto dough to make cinnamon rolls, stirred into coffee or hot chocolate, drizzle on crepes, ice cream or dip with apples, bananas or strawberries.
You’ll like every bit of it. It’s finger-lickin’ good! Enjoy it, friends!🌞
If you like refined sugar-free recipes like this, you might be interested on these ones too:
SWEET POTATO CHOCOLATE MINI BUNT CAKES
Yummy In My Tummy Nutella Brownies
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Arequipe-Dulce de Leche
Ingredients
- ¼ cup coconut sugar or cane sugar
- 3 tbsp butter room temperature
- ⅓ cup whole milk hot
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Place the coconut sugar in a skillet or non-stick saucepan. Add the butter, stirring after addition.
- Pour the milk, a bit at a time, stirring after each addition, until the caramel is completely liquid.
- Add the condensed milk. (Here is one sugar-free recipe). Stirring constantly, bring to boil and stir for about 5 minutes or until thickened.
- Store the arequipe or dulce de leche in an airtight container at room temperature for up 3 days or refrigerate for up 2 weeks. Remove from the fridge about 30 minutes before of using it.
Notes
- Don’t use cream or regular milk in place of condensed milk, or you’ll end up with a thin caramel sauce instead of arequipe or dulce de leche.
- For a smoother texture, stir constantly and scraping the sides of the skillet or saucepan.