Well... I thought I had lived... until...

[Rouge]

I made dulce de leche... two jam jars of it in fact. And then proceeded to take a spoon, dig some out... and sprinkle a few flakes of sea salt on top. I put it in my mouth and that was it. It's all over now. I don't think anything else in this world could ever come close to tasting THAT good.

Now I may need DH to chain me to the bed to stop myself from doing a nigella and sneaking out in the middle of the night and scoffing it straight from the fridge.

I'm also dreaming about salted caramel macarons... and not needing to pay a small fortune for 1 when I can make a whole dozen - to share of course.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

No idea what that is, sounds like its perfection though


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[STARRYSKY]

mmmm... salted caramel macarons... I made some a few weeks back, didnt look that great (macawrongs) but still tasted fabulous, I didnt make the dulce de leche myself though.

I have a can of caramel top fill that tastes pretty good too (LOL! doesn't even compare!)

[Rouge]

LOL Starrysky... I know right?

Don't worry I've had a few batches of macawrongs now myself. But I've now perfected a recipe (added notes for my oven etc) and it comes out great every time. My failing was I had done the perfecting 3 times before, but because I'd always make them ages in between I'd forget my notes. NOT ANYMORE!

ZF it's an Argentinean caramel... thicker and more amazing than caramel top and fill but similar. Like the best caramel slice you've ever had in a jar (minus the biscuit and chocolate LOL).

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Ohhhhhhh yuuummmmmmmmm, damn now I want something yum!


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[Trillian]

You made it! Just thinking about that sweet andsalty goodness makes me drool.

[Lenny]

I lived in Brazil for a while, and it was in everyone's cupboards. Homemade of course. I LOVED it. I LOVED it a lot.

[Rouge]

This is 100% homemade and tastes better than boiled condensed milk. NOMS!

[RoyaUK]

What's the best recipe for it, Rouge?

[sloane]

ohhhh yum!!! i have friends who are spending some time in sth america & they posted a photo of some pastries with dulce de leche...looks divine & i wish i could stop myself from going back & looking at the photo again & again

[Rouge]

I did it in the thermomix, but you can do it on the stove top you just have to stir it lots, so it's actually not so easy without a whizz bang machine.

I used 1500ml milk, 200ml cream, 190 g white sugar, and 60g dark sugar, 1/2 tsp bicarb. Next time I'll go all white sugar.

I cooked it at 110 degrees for 50 minutes.

There are stove top recipes as I have seen them. David Lobovitz has a really easy way of doing it in the oven in a pie dish with condensed milk (by pouring it into the dish).